docker-commands.adoc

Common Docker Commands

Here is the list of commonly used Docker commands:

Purpose	Command
Image
Build an image	docker build --rm=true .
Install an image	docker pull ${IMAGE}
List of installed images	docker images
List of installed images (detailed listing)	docker images --no-trunc
Remove an image	docker rmi ${IMAGE_ID}
Remove all untagged images	docker rmi $(docker images | grep “^” | awk “{print $3}”)
Remove all images	docker rm $(docker ps -aq)
Remove dangling images	docker rmi $(docker images --quiet --filter "dangling=true")
Containers
Run a container	docker run
List of running containers	docker ps
List of all containers	docker ps -a
Stop a container	docker stop ${CID}
Stop all running containers	docker stop docker ps -q
List all exited containers with status 1	docker ps -a --filter "exited=1"
Remove a container	docker rm ${CID}
Remove container by a regular expression	docker ps -a | grep wildfly | awk '{print $1}' | xargs docker rm -f
Remove all exited containers	docker rm -f $(docker ps -a | grep Exit | awk '{ print $1 }')
Remove all containers	docker rm $(docker ps -aq)
Find IP address of the container	docker inspect --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' ${CID}
Attach to a container	docker attach ${CID}
Open a shell in to a container	docker exec -it ${CID} bash
Get container id for an image by a regular expression	docker ps | grep wildfly | awk '{print $1}'