docker-container-top(1)

docker-container-top1

Display the running processes of a container

Usage

docker container top CONTAINER [ps OPTIONS]

Overview

Display the running process of the container. ps-OPTION can be any of the options you would pass to a Linux ps command.

All displayed information is from host's point of view.

Examples

Run docker container top with the ps option of -x:

$ docker container top 8601afda2b -x
PID      TTY       STAT       TIME         COMMAND
16623    ?         Ss         0:00         sleep 99999

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.