docker-container-stop(1)

docker-container-stop1

Stop one or more running containers

Usage

docker container stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER ...]

Overview

Stop a container (Send SIGTERM, and then SIGKILL after grace period)

Options

-s, --signal=""
Signal to send to the container

-t, --timeout=0
Seconds to wait before killing the container

Releases

5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

From docker 1:29.9.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.