# How to List Containers in Docker?

## Running containers

If you want to list all the running docker containers, you can use the `docker container ls` command, which takes the following form:

```bash
docker container ls
```

This command is valid on all newer versions of docker (1.13 or newer). For older docker version, use the following command

```bash
docker ps
```

This command is still available on new docker versions, but it is alias to the `docker container ls` command.

This is the expected output of the command:

```bash
Output:
CONTAINER ID    IMAGE        COMMAND                  CREATED        STATUS        PORTS       NAMES
c8bdef56da86    ubuntu     "docker-entrypoint.s…"   15 hours ago    Up 1 hours    5432/tcp    name
752g3a115fcf    postgres   "docker-entrypoint.s…"   17 hours ago    Up 1 hours    6379/tcp    name

```

## All containers

To display all containers (the non-running included) you can use the -a option:

```bash
docker container ls -a
```