how to find MAX memory from docker stats?

Question

With docker stats you can see the memory usage of a container over time.

Is there a way to find what the highest value of memory usage was while running

Answer 1

you can use command:

docker stats --no-stream | awk '{ print $3 }' | sed '1d'|sort | tail -1

It will give highest memory by container.

Let me Explain command:

 --no-stream :          Disable streaming stats and only pull the first result
 awk '{ print $3 }' :   will print MEM USAGE
 sed '1d' :             will delete first entry that is %
 sort :                 it will sort the result
 tail -1 :              it will give last entry that is highest.