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# docker

> Manage Docker containers and images.
> Some subcommands such as `run` have their own usage documentation.
> More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/>.

- List all Docker containers (running and stopped):

`docker ps --all`

- Start a container from an image, with a custom name:

`docker run --name {{container_name}} {{image}}`

- Start or stop an existing container:

`docker {{start|stop}} {{container_name}}`

- Pull an image from a Docker registry:

`docker pull {{image}}`

- Display the list of already downloaded images:

`docker images`

- Open an [i]nteractive [t]ty with Bourne shell (`sh`) inside a running container:

`docker exec -it {{container_name}} {{sh}}`

- Remove a stopped container:

`docker rm {{container_name}}`

- Fetch and follow the logs of a container:

`docker logs -f {{container_name}}`
