Complete list of Docker CLI commands

General Commands

Command	Description
docker version	Show Docker version
docker info	Display system-wide information
docker help	Show help for commands

Container Management

Command	Description
docker run -it --name mycontainer alpine sh	Run a container interactively
docker start <container>	Start a stopped container
docker stop <container>	Stop a running container
docker restart <container>	Restart a container
docker pause <container>	Pause a container
docker unpause <container>	Resume a paused container
docker rm <container>	Remove a container
docker ps	List running containers
docker ps -a	List all containers (including stopped ones)
docker inspect	Show detailed information about a container
docker logs	Show logs from a container
docker top	Show running processes in a container
docker stats	Show real-time resource usage of containers
docker exec -it bash	Run a command inside a running container
docker attach	Attach to a running container’s output

Image Management

Command	Description
docker images	List available images
docker pull <image>	Download an image from a registry
docker push <image>	Upload an image to a registry
docker build -t myimage .	Build an image from a Dockerfile
docker rmi <image>	Remove an image
docker tag <image> myrepo/myimage:v1	Tag an image for pushing to a registry
docker save -o myimage.tar <image>	Save an image as a tar archive
docker load -i myimage.tar	Load an image from a tar archive
docker history <image>	Show the history of an image

Network Management

Command	Description
docker network ls	List available networks
docker network create mynetwork	Create a new network
docker network inspect <network>	Inspect a network
docker network rm <network>	Remove a network
docker network connect <network> <container>	Connect a container to a network
docker network disconnect <network> <container>	Disconnect a container from a network

Volume Management

Command	Description
docker volume ls	List volumes
docker volume create myvolume	Create a new volume
docker volume inspect <volume>	Inspect a volume
docker volume rm <volume>	Remove a volume

Container Cleanup

Command	Description
docker system prune -a	Remove all unused containers, networks, images, and volumes
docker rm $(docker ps -aq)	Remove all stopped containers
docker rmi $(docker images -q)	Remove all images
docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -q)	Remove all volumes