
Docker Command Guide: A Complete List of Essential Commands
In this tutorial you will be shown how to use Docker commands and if you need help Executing docker without using sudo privilege click here.
In this section below I will explain how to use docker commands. So, before going into these details, let’s take look at the syntax of ‘docker’ commands:
$ docker [options] [sub-commands] [arguments]
Now if you want to list all available sub-commands of docker, run:
$ docker
There are many sub-commands and arguments that can follow after $docker. Below are some of them in the following sections of this tutorial.
Management Commands:
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attach ## Attach local standard input, output, and error streams to a running container
build ## Build an image from a Dockerfile
commit ## Create a new image from a container's changes
cp ## Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem
create ## Create a new container
diff ## Inspect changes to files or directories on a container's filesystem
events ## Get real time events from the server
exec ## Run a command in a running container
export ## Export a container's filesystem as a tar archive
history ## Show the history of an image
images ## List images
import ## Import the contents from a tarball to create a filesystem image
info ## Display system-wide information
inspect ## Return low-level information on Docker objects
kill ## Kill one or more running containers
load ## Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN
login ## Log in to a Docker registry
logout ## Log out from a Docker registry
logs ## Fetch the logs of a container
pause ## Pause all processes within one or more containers
port ## List port mappings or a specific mapping for the container
ps ## List containers
pull ## Pull an image or a repository from a registry
push ## Push an image or a repository to a registry
rename ## Rename a container
restart ## Restart one or more containers
rm ## Remove one or more containers
rmi ## Remove one or more images
run ## Run a command in a new container
save ## Save one or more images to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default)
search ## Search the Docker Hub for images
start ## Start one or more stopped containers
stats ## Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics
stop ## Stop one or more running containers
tag ## Create a tag TARGET_IMAGE that refers to SOURCE_IMAGE
top ## Display the running processes of a container
unpause ## Unpause all processes within one or more containers
update ## Update configuration of one or more containers
version ## Show the Docker version information
wait ## Block until one or more containers stop, then print their exit codes
Run 'docker COMMAND --help' for more information on a command.
Docker Commands
builder ## Manage builds
config ## Manage Docker configs
container ## Manage containers
context ## Manage contexts
engine ## Manage the docker engine
image ## Manage images
network ## Manage networks
node ## Manage Swarm nodes
plugin ## Manage plugins
secret ## Manage Docker secrets
service ## Manage services
stack ## Manage Docker stacks
swarm ## Manage Swarm
system ## Manage Docker
trust ## Manage trust on Docker images
volume ## Manage volumes
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