moby--moby/docs/man/docker-logs.1.md

% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % William Henry % APRIL 2014

NAME

docker-logs - Fetch the logs of a container

SYNOPSIS

docker logs --follow[=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 When true, follow log output. The default is false.

HISTORY

April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) based on docker.io source material and internal work.