List of Common Docker commands This command is used to run a command in a new container. $ docker container run This command is used to start one or more stopped containers. $ docker container start This command is used to stop one or more running containers. $ docker container stop This command is used to restart one or more containers. $ docker container restart This command is used to remove one or more docker containers. $ docker container rm This command is used to run a command in a run-time container $ docker container exec This command is used attach to a running container $ docker container attach This command is used to fetch all the running containers. $ docker container ls This command forcefully terminates the container execution. $ docker container kill This command is used to copy files/folders between a container and the local machine. $ docker container cp This command is used to rename a container. $ docker container rename This command is used to fetch the logs of a container. $ docker container logs This command is used to build an image form a Docker file. $ docker build This command is used push an image or a repository to a registry. $ docker image push This command is used pull an image or a repository from a registry. $ docker image pull This command is used to search the Docker Hub for images $ docker search This command is used export a container’s file system as a tar archive $ docker container export This command is used create a new image from a container’s changes $ docker container commit This command is used to show the history of an image. $ docker image history This command is used to remove one or more images. $ docker image rm This command is used to log in to a Docker registry. $ docker login This command is used to log out from a Docker registry. $ docker logout This command is used to extract docker version information. $ docker version This command is used to fetch the real time events from the server. $ docker events docker events This command is used to manage the Plugins. $ docker plugin This command is used to manage Docker configuration. $ docker config