Docker Help

To get help about Docker commands and options, you can use the --help flag with the docker command:

docker --help

This will display a list of available Docker commands along with a brief description of each command. The output is typically divided into several sections, including:

Common commands:

run         Create and run a new container from an image
exec        Execute a command in a running container
ps          List containers
build       Build an image from a Dockerfile
pull        Download an image from a registry
push        Upload an image to a registry
images      List images
login       Log in to a registry
logout      Log out from a registry
search      Search Docker Hub for images
version     Show the Docker version information
info        Display system-wide information

Management commands:

builder     Manage builds
buildx      Docker Buildx
compose     Docker Compose
container   Manage containers
context     Manage contexts
image       Manage images
manifest    Manage Docker image manifests and manifest lists
network     Manage networks
plugin      Manage plugins
system      Manage Docker
trust       Manage trust on Docker images
volume      Manage volumes

Swarm commands:

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