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50 lines
920 B
Markdown
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title: "wait"
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description: "The wait command description and usage"
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keywords: "container, stop, wait"
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---
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# wait
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```markdown
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Usage: docker wait CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
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Block until one or more containers stop, then print their exit codes
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Options:
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--help Print usage
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```
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> **Note**: `docker wait` returns `0` when run against a container which had
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> already exited before the `docker wait` command was run.
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## Examples
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Start a container in the background.
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```bash
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$ docker run -dit --name=my_container ubuntu bash
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```
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Run `docker wait`, which should block until the container exits.
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```bash
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$ docker wait my_container
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```
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In another terminal, stop the first container. The `docker wait` command above
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returns the exit code.
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```bash
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$ docker stop my_container
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```
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This is the same `docker wait` command from above, but it now exits, returning
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`0`.
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```bash
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$ docker wait my_container
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0
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```
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