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# unpause

    Usage: docker unpause [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

    Unpause all processes within a container

      --help          Print usage

The `docker unpause` command uses the cgroups freezer to un-suspend all
processes in a container.

See the
[cgroups freezer documentation](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.txt)
for further details.