Docker - docker client

About

The CLI uses the Docker REST API to control or interact with the Docker daemon

Syntax

[sudo] docker [subcommand] [flags] [arguments] ..

:: docker help
:: docker subcommand --help

where subcommand is:

attach - Attach to a running container
build - Build an image from a Dockerfile
commit - Create a new image from a container's changes
cp - Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem
create - Create a new container
diff - Inspect changes on a container's filesystem
events - Get real time events from the server
exec - Run a command in a running container
export - Export a container's filesystem as a tar archive
history - Show the history of an image
images - List images
import - Import the contents from a tarball to create a filesystem image
info - Display system-wide information
inspect - Return low-level information on a container, image or task
kill - Kill one or more running containers
load - Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN
login - Log in to a Docker registry.
logout - Log out from a Docker registry.
logs - Fetch the logs of a container
network - Manage Docker networks
node - Manage Docker Swarm nodes
pause - Pause all processes within one or more containers
port - List port mappings or a specific mapping for the container
ps - List containers
pull - Pull an image or a repository from a registry
push - Push an image or a repository to a registry
rename - Rename a container
restart - Restart a container
rm - Remove one or more containers
rmi - Remove one or more images
run - Run a command in a new container
save - Save one or more images to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default)
search - Search the Docker Hub for images
service - Manage Docker services
start - Start one or more stopped containers
stats - Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics
stop - Stop one or more running containers
swarm - Manage Docker Swarm
tag - Tag an image into a repository
top - Display the running processes of a container
unpause - Unpause all processes within one or more containers
update - Update configuration of one or more containers
version - Show the Docker version information
volume - Manage Docker volumes
wait - Block until a container stops, then print its exit code

Example:

See How to run a docker image with example to create a container?

docker run -i -t ubuntu /bin/bash