Helpful Docker Commands For Developers To Know

Command	Usage	Freq
docker run -d -p 80:80 <image>	run an application using background (e.g. -d)	✔️
docker container ls -a	list all running containers	✔️
docker container rm <container id1> <container id1>	remove specific container(s)	✔️
docker container ls -a --filter status=exited --filter status=created	remove exited containers
docker container prune --filter "until=12h"	remove all images that are created more than 12 hours ago	✔️
docker container stop $(docker container ls -aq)	stop all running containers	✔️
docker container rm $(docker container ls -aq)	remove all running containers	✔️
docker stop $(docker ps -aq)	stop all running containers	✔️
docker rm $(docker ps -aq)	remove all running containers	✔️
docker system prune	remove all stopped containers, all dangling images, and all unused networks. Use -f or -force to bypass the prompt	✔️
docker system prune --volumes	remove all unused volumes
docker image ls	list all images
docker image rm <image id1> <image id2>	remove specific images	✔️
docker rmi $(docker images -aq)	remove all images	✔️
docker image prune [-f, -force]	remove dangling images
docker image prune -a	remove all unused images
docker image prune -a --filter "until=12h"	remove all images that are created more than 12 hours ago
docker volume ls	list all volumes
docker volume rm <volume name>	remove volume
docker volume prune	remove all unused volumes
docker network ls	list all networks
docker network rm <network id>	remove one or more networks
docker network prune	remove all unused network