DockerCLI/docs/reference/commandline/stop.md

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# stop

```markdown
Usage:  docker stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

Stop one or more running containers

Options:
      --help       Print usage
  -t, --time int   Seconds to wait for stop before killing it (default 10)
```

The main process inside the container will receive `SIGTERM`, and after a grace
period, `SIGKILL`.
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			`# stop`

Updates on cli reference documentation - Update ps with `--last` flag - Update commands with current output - Make sure hugo does not detect the wrong language - Update usage for `tag` command to be more coherent with the other ones Signed-off-by: Vincent Demeester <vincent@sbr.pm> 2016-07-07 14:43:18 -04:00			```markdown
			`Usage: docker stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]`
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Updates on cli reference documentation - Update ps with `--last` flag - Update commands with current output - Make sure hugo does not detect the wrong language - Update usage for `tag` command to be more coherent with the other ones Signed-off-by: Vincent Demeester <vincent@sbr.pm> 2016-07-07 14:43:18 -04:00			`Stop one or more running containers`
Splitting out the cli command into parts. Signed-off-by: Mary Anthony <mary@docker.com> 2015-06-21 16:41:38 -04:00
Updates on cli reference documentation - Update ps with `--last` flag - Update commands with current output - Make sure hugo does not detect the wrong language - Update usage for `tag` command to be more coherent with the other ones Signed-off-by: Vincent Demeester <vincent@sbr.pm> 2016-07-07 14:43:18 -04:00			`Options:`
			`--help Print usage`
			`-t, --time int Seconds to wait for stop before killing it (default 10)`
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Splitting out the cli command into parts. Signed-off-by: Mary Anthony <mary@docker.com> 2015-06-21 16:41:38 -04:00
			The main process inside the container will receive `SIGTERM`, and after a grace
Fix man and commandline docs - missing help option in `docs/reference/commandline/*.md` (some files have it, the other I fixed didn't) - missing `[OPTIONS]` in Usage description - missing options - formatting - start/stop idempotence Signed-off-by: Antonio Murdaca <amurdaca@redhat.com> 2015-10-03 11:56:41 -04:00			period, `SIGKILL`.