Docker Commands Cheat Sheet — From Beginner to Daily Driver
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The Docker commands I actually use every day, organized by how often I reach for them. Every Day # See running containers docker ps # See ALL containers (including stopped) docker ps -a # Start/stop/restart docker start docker stop docker restart # View logs (follow mode) docker logs -f docker logs --tail 100 # Run a command in a running container docker exec -it bash docker exec -it sh # if bash isn't installed Building & Running # Build an image docker…

Organized my Docker notes by frequency of use rather than alphabetically. Turns out 90% of my daily Docker usage is like 15 commands:

  • ps, logs, exec, stop, restart (daily)
  • build, run with port/volume mapping (building)
  • compose up/down/logs (the real way)
  • system df, prune (saving disk space)
  • inspect, stats, cp (debugging)

Plus networking and cleanup commands. Nothing fancy, just the stuff that comes up constantly.