docker-top - Display the running processes of a container

docker top [--help] CONTAINER [ps OPTIONS]

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.

--help Print usage statement

Run docker top with the ps option of -x:

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

April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.com source material and internal work. June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit \[la]SvenDowideit@home.org.au\[ra] June 2015, updated by Ma Shimiao \[la]mashimiao.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com\[ra] December 2015, updated by Pavel Pospisil \[la]pospispa@gmail.com\[ra]