Useful Docker commands

Here are the list of widely used docker commands - consider this to be a cheatsheet!

Usage
Command

Start a container

docker run <image-name>

Start an interactive container

docker run -it <image-name>

Start a detached container

docker run -d <image-name>

Start container with a name

docker run --name <container-name> <image-name>

List running containers

docker ps

Filter running container on name

docker ps -f "name=<container-name>"

Stop a container

docker stop <container-id>

See existing logs for container

docker logs <container-id>

See live logs for container

docker logs -f <container-id>

Exit live log view of container

CTRL+C

Remove stopped container

docker container rm <container-id>

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