How to list containers in Docker

Answer 1

The Docker command set is simple and holds together well:

docker stack ls
docker service ls
docker image ls
docker container ls

Teaching the aliases first is confusing. Once you understand what's going on, they can save some keystrokes:

docker images -> docker image ls
docker ps -> docker container ls
docker rmi -> docker image rm
docker rm -> docker container rm

There are several aliases in Docker. For instance:

docker rmi
docker image rm
docker image rmi
docker image remove

are all the same command (see for your self using docker help image rm).

Answer 2

docker ps [OPTIONS]

Following command will show only running containers by default.

docker ps

To see all containers:

docker ps -a

For showing the latest created container:

docker ps -l