tldr/pages/common/docker-container-stop.md

docker container stop

Stop one or more running containers. More information: https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/stop/.

• Stop a Docker container:

docker {{[stop|container stop]}} {{container}}

• Stop a container, sending a specific signal to it:

docker {{[stop|container stop]}} {{[-s|--signal]}} {{signal}} {{container}}

• Stop a container, waiting a specific number of seconds before forcibly killing it:

docker {{[stop|container stop]}} {{[-t|--timeout]}} {{seconds}} {{container}}

• Stop one or more containers:

docker {{[stop|container stop]}} {{container1 container2 ...}}

• Display help:

docker {{[stop|container stop]}} --help