1DOCKER(1)                         APRIL 2014                         DOCKER(1)
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NAME

6       docker - Docker image and container command line interface
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SYNOPSIS

11       docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARG...]
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17       docker [--help|-v|--version]
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DESCRIPTION

22       is a client for interacting with the daemon (see dockerd(8)) through
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26       The Docker CLI has over 30 commands. The commands are listed below and
27       each has its own man page which explain usage and arguments.
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30       To see the man page for a command run man docker <command>.
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OPTIONS

35       --help
36         Print usage statement
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39       --config=""
40         Specifies the location of the Docker client configuration files. The
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44       -D, --debug=true|false
45         Enable debug mode. Default is false.
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48       -H, --host=[unix:///var/run/docker.sock]: tcp://[host]:[port][path] to
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50         The socket(s) to bind to in daemon mode specified using one or more
51         tcp://host:port/path, unix:///path/to/socket, fd://* or
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53         If the tcp port is not specified, then it will default to either 2375
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COMMANDS

90       attach
91         Attach to a running container
92         See docker-attach(1) for full documentation on the attach command.
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96         Build an image from a Dockerfile
97         See docker-build(1) for full documentation on the build command.
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101         Create a new image from a container's changes
102         See docker-commit(1) for full documentation on the commit command.
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106         Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem
107         See docker-cp(1) for full documentation on the cp command.
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111         Create a new container
112         See docker-create(1) for full documentation on the create command.
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116         Inspect changes on a container's filesystem
117         See docker-diff(1) for full documentation on the diff command.
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121         Get real time events from the server
122         See docker-events(1) for full documentation on the events command.
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126         Run a command in a running container
127         See docker-exec(1) for full documentation on the exec command.
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131         Stream the contents of a container as a tar archive
132         See docker-export(1) for full documentation on the export command.
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136         Show the history of an image
137         See docker-history(1) for full documentation on the history command.
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141         List images
142         See docker-images(1) for full documentation on the images command.
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146         Create a new filesystem image from the contents of a tarball
147         See docker-import(1) for full documentation on the import command.
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151         Display system-wide information
152         See docker-info(1) for full documentation on the info command.
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156         Return low-level information on a container or image
157         See docker-inspect(1) for full documentation on the inspect command.
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161         Kill a running container (which includes the wrapper process and
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163         See docker-kill(1) for full documentation on the kill command.
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167         Load an image from a tar archive
168         See docker-load(1) for full documentation on the load command.
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172         Log in to a Docker Registry
173         See docker-login(1) for full documentation on the login command.
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177         Log the user out of a Docker Registry
178         See docker-logout(1) for full documentation on the logout command.
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182         Fetch the logs of a container
183         See docker-logs(1) for full documentation on the logs command.
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187         Pause all processes within a container
188         See docker-pause(1) for full documentation on the pause command.
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192         Lookup the public-facing port which is NAT-ed to PRIVATE_PORT
193         See docker-port(1) for full documentation on the port command.
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197         List containers
198         See docker-ps(1) for full documentation on the ps command.
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202         Pull an image or a repository from a Docker Registry
203         See docker-pull(1) for full documentation on the pull command.
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207         Push an image or a repository to a Docker Registry
208         See docker-push(1) for full documentation on the push command.
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212         Rename a container.
213         See docker-rename(1) for full documentation on the rename command.
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217         Restart one or more containers
218         See docker-restart(1) for full documentation on the restart command.
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222         Remove one or more containers
223         See docker-rm(1) for full documentation on the rm command.
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227         Remove one or more images
228         See docker-rmi(1) for full documentation on the rmi command.
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232         Run a command in a new container
233         See docker-run(1) for full documentation on the run command.
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237         Save an image to a tar archive
238         See docker-save(1) for full documentation on the save command.
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242         Search for an image in the Docker index
243         See docker-search(1) for full documentation on the search command.
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247         Start a container
248         See docker-start(1) for full documentation on the start command.
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252         Display a live stream of one or more containers' resource usage
253       statistics
254         See docker-stats(1) for full documentation on the stats command.
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258         Stop a container
259         See docker-stop(1) for full documentation on the stop command.
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263         Tag an image into a repository
264         See docker-tag(1) for full documentation on the tag command.
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268         Lookup the running processes of a container
269         See docker-top(1) for full documentation on the top command.
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273         Unpause all processes within a container
274         See docker-unpause(1) for full documentation on the unpause command.
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278         Show the Docker version information
279         See docker-version(1) for full documentation on the version command.
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283         Block until a container stops, then print its exit code
284         See docker-wait(1) for full documentation on the wait command.
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RUNTIME EXECUTION OPTIONS

289       Use the --exec-opt flags to specify options to the execution driver.
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294       Specifies the management of the container's cgroups. You can specify
295       cgroupfs or systemd. If you specify systemd and it is not available,
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300       For specific client examples please see the man page for the specific
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HISTORY

310       April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot
311       com) based on docker.com source material and internal work.
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315William Henry                 Docker User Manuals                    DOCKER(1)