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9 docker - Docker image and container command line interface
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14 docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARG...]
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17 docker [--help|-v|--version]
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22 docker is a client for interacting with the daemon (see dockerd(8))
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26 The Docker CLI has over 30 commands. The commands are listed below and
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30 To see the man page for a command run man docker .
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40 Specifies the location of the Docker client configuration files. The
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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
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106 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot
107 com) based on docker.com source material and internal work.
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