% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014 # NAME docker-logs - Fetch the logs of a container # SYNOPSIS **docker logs** [**-f**|**--follow**[=*false*]] [**-t**|**--timestamps**[=*false*]] CONTAINER # DESCRIPTION The **docker logs** command batch-retrieves whatever logs are present for a container at the time of execution. This does not guarantee execution order when combined with a docker run (i.e. your run may not have generated any logs at the time you execute docker logs). The **docker logs --follow** command combines commands **docker logs** and **docker attach**. It will first return all logs from the beginning and then continue streaming new output from the container’s stdout and stderr. # OPTIONS **-f**, **--follow**=*true*|*false* Follow log output. The default is *false*. **-t**, **--timestamps**=*true*|*false* Show timestamps. The default is *false*. # HISTORY 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