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Usage: docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND

A self-sufficient runtime for containers

Options:

     --config string      Location of client config files (default
                          "C:\\Users\\mcsec\\.docker")
 -c, --context string     Name of the context to use to connect to the
                          daemon (overrides DOCKER_HOST env var and
                          default context set with "docker context use")
 -D, --debug              Enable debug mode
 -H, --host list          Daemon socket(s) to connect to
 -l, --log-level string   Set the logging level
                          ("debug"]] | [["info"]] | [["warn"]] | [["error"]] | [["fatal")
                          (default "info")
     --tls                Use TLS; implied by --tlsverify
     --tlscacert string   Trust certs signed only by this CA (default
                          "C:\\Users\\mcsec\\.docker\\ca.pem")
     --tlscert string     Path to TLS certificate file (default
                          "C:\\Users\\mcsec\\.docker\\cert.pem")
     --tlskey string      Path to TLS key file (default
                          "C:\\Users\\mcsec\\.docker\\key.pem")
     --tlsverify          Use TLS and verify the remote
 -v, --version            Print version information and quit

Management Commands:

• builder – Manage builds
• buildx – Docker Buildx (Docker Inc., v0.9.1)
• compose – Docker Compose (Docker Inc., v2.10.2)
• config – Manage Docker configs
• container – Manage containers
• context – Manage contexts
• extension – Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc., v0.2.9)
• image – Manage images
• manifest – Manage Docker image manifests and manifest lists
• network – Manage networks
• node – Manage Swarm nodes
• plugin – Manage plugins
• sbom – View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc., 0.6.0)
• scan – Docker Scan (Docker Inc., v0.19.0)
• secret – Manage Docker secrets
• service – Manage services
• stack – Manage Docker stacks
• swarm – Manage Swarm
• system – Manage Docker
• trust – anage trust on Docker images
• volume – Manage volumes

Commands:

• attach – Attach local standard input, output, and error streams to a running container
• build – Build an image from a Dockerfile
• commit – Create a new image from a container's changes
• cp – Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem
• create – Create a new container
• diff – Inspect changes to files or directories on a container's filesystem
• events – Get real time events from the server
• exec – Run a command in a running container
• export – Export a container's filesystem as a tar archive
• history – Show the history of an image
• images – List images
• import – Import the contents from a tarball to create a filesystem image
• info – Display system-wide information
• inspect – Return low-level information on Docker objects
• kill – Kill one or more running containers
• load – Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN
• login – Log in to a Docker registry
• logout – Log out from a Docker registry
• logs – Fetch the logs of a container
• pause – Pause all processes within one or more containers
• port – List port mappings or a specific mapping for the container
• ps – List containers
• pull – Pull an image or a repository from a registry
• push – Push an image or a repository to a registry
• rename – Rename a container
• restart – Restart one or more containers
• rm – Remove one or more containers
• rmi – Remove one or more images
• run – Run a command in a new container
• save – Save one or more images to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default)
• search – Search the Docker Hub for images
• start – Start one or more stopped containers
• stats – Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics
• stop – Stop one or more running containers
• tag – Create a tag TARGET_IMAGE that refers to SOURCE_IMAGE
• top – Display the running processes of a container
• unpause – Unpause all processes within one or more containers
• update – Update configuration of one or more containers
• version – Show the Docker version information
• wait – Block until one or more containers stop, then print their exit codes

Run 'docker COMMAND –help' for more information on a command.

To get more help with docker, check out our guides at https://docs.docker.com/go/guides/