docker-latest-top (1) Linux Manual Page

docker-top – Display the running processes of a container

Synopsis

docker top [–help] CONTAINER [ps OPTIONS]

Description

Display the running process of the container. ps-OPTION can be any of the options you would pass to a Linux ps command.

All displayed information is from host’s point of view.

Options

–help
  Print usage statement

Examples

Run docker top with the ps option of -x:

$ docker top 8601afda2b -x

PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND

16623 ? Ss 0:00 sleep 99999

History

April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work. June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit [at] home.org.au> June 2015, updated by Ma Shimiao <mashimiao.fnst [at] cn.fujitsu.com> December 2015, updated by Pavel Pospisil <pospispa [at] gmail.com>