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

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

NAME

docker-wait - Block until a container stops, then print its exit code.

SYNOPSIS

docker wait CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

DESCRIPTION

Block until a container stops, then print its exit code.

#EXAMPLE

$ sudo docker run -d fedora sleep 99
079b83f558a2bc52ecad6b2a5de13622d584e6bb1aea058c11b36511e85e7622
$ sudo docker wait 079b83f558a2bc
0

HISTORY

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