moby--moby/docs/reference/commandline/restart.md

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# restart

```markdown
Usage:  docker restart [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

Restart a container

Options:
      --help       Print usage
  -t, --time int   Seconds to wait for stop before killing the container (default 10)
```