# container stats
Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics
### Aliases
`docker container stats`, `docker stats`
### Options
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|:--------------|:---------|:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `-a`, `--all` | | | Show all containers (default shows just running) |
| `--format` | `string` | | Format output using a custom template:
'table': Print output in table format with column headers (default)
'table TEMPLATE': Print output in table format using the given Go template
'json': Print in JSON format
'TEMPLATE': Print output using the given Go template.
Refer to https://docs.docker.com/go/formatting/ for more information about formatting output with templates |
| `--no-stream` | | | Disable streaming stats and only pull the first result |
| `--no-trunc` | | | Do not truncate output |
## Description
See [docker stats](stats.md) for more information.