<!-- [metadata]>
+++
title = "Using the command line"
description = "Docker's CLI command description and usage"
keywords = ["Docker, Docker documentation, CLI,  command line"]
[menu.main]
identifier= "smn_cli"
parent = "mn_reference"
+++
<!-- [end-metadata]-->


# The Docker commands

This section contains reference information on using Docker's command line client. Each command has a reference page along with samples. If you are unfamiliar with the command line, you should start by reading about how to ["Use the Docker command line"](cli).  

You start the Docker daemon with the command line. How you start the daemon affects your Docker containers. For that reason you should also make sure to read the [`daemon`](daemon) reference page.

### Docker management commands

* [daemon](daemon)
* [info](info)
* [inspect](inspect)
* [version](version)

### Image commands

* [build](build)
* [commit](commit)
* [export](export)
* [history](history)
* [images](images)
* [import](import)
* [load](load)
* [rmi](rmi)
* [save](save)
* [tag](tag)

### Container commands

* [attach](attach)
* [cp](cp)
* [create](create)
* [diff](diff)
* [events](events)
* [exec](exec)
* [kill](kill)
* [logs](logs)
* [pause](pause)
* [port](port)
* [ps](ps)
* [rename](rename)
* [restart](restart)
* [rm](rm)
* [run](run)
* [start](start)
* [stats](stats)
* [stop](stop)
* [top](top)
* [unpause](unpause)
* [wait](wait)

### Hub and registry commands

* [login](login)
* [logout](logout)
* [pull](pull)
* [push](push)
* [search](search)

### Network and connectivity commands

* [network_connect](network_connect)
* [network_create](network_create)
* [network_disconnect](network_disconnect)
* [network_inspect](network_inspect)
* [network_ls](network_ls)
* [network_rm](network_rm)

### Shared data volume commands

* [volume_create](volume_create)
* [volume_inspect](volume_inspect)
* [volume_ls](volume_ls)
* [volume_rm](volume_rm)