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Docker Engine Information
docker info
Display system-wide information about Docker
docker version
Show the Docker version information
docker system df
Show docker disk usage
Container Operations
docker ps
List running containers
docker ps -a
List all containers (running and stopped)
docker inspect [container]
Display detailed information on container
docker stats [container]
Display a live stream of container resource usage statistics
docker top [container]
Display the running processes of a container
docker logs [container]
Fetch the logs of a container
docker logs -f [container]
Stream container logs
Resource Monitoring
docker stats
Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics
docker events
Get real-time events from the server
docker system events
Get real-time events from the server
Disk Usage
docker system df
Show docker disk usage
docker system df -v
Show detailed docker disk usage
Network Operations
docker network ls
List networks
docker network inspect [network]
Display detailed information on network
Volume Operations
docker volume ls
List volumes
docker volume inspect [volume]
Display detailed information on volume
Image Operations
docker images
List images
docker image ls
List images
docker history [image]
Show the history of an image
System Maintenance
docker system prune
Remove unused data
docker system prune -a
Remove all unused data including unused images