The Docker command-line client

Now that we have Docker installed, let's look at some Docker commands that you should be familiar with already. We will start with some common commands and then take a peek at the commands that are used for the Docker images. We will then take a dive into the commands that are used for the containers.

Docker has restructured their command-line client into more logical groupings of commands, as the number of features provided by the client grows quickly and commands start to cross over each other. Throughout this book, we will be using the new structure.

The first command we will be taking a look at is one of the most useful commands, not only in Docker, but in any command-line utility you use—the help command. ...

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