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     2  
     3  ## NAME
     4  podman\-pause - Pause one or more containers
     5  
     6  ## SYNOPSIS
     7  **podman pause** [*options*] [*container*...]
     8  
     9  **podman container pause** [*options*] [*container*...]
    10  
    11  ## DESCRIPTION
    12  Pauses all the processes in one or more containers.  You may use container IDs or names as input.
    13  
    14  ## OPTIONS
    15  
    16  #### **--all**, **-a**
    17  
    18  Pause all running containers.
    19  
    20  ## EXAMPLE
    21  
    22  Pause a container named 'mywebserver'
    23  ```
    24  podman pause mywebserver
    25  ```
    26  
    27  Pause a container by partial container ID.
    28  ```
    29  podman pause 860a4b23
    30  ```
    31  
    32  Pause all **running** containers.
    33  ```
    34  podman stop -a
    35  ```
    36  
    37  ## SEE ALSO
    38  podman(1), podman-unpause(1)
    39  
    40  ## HISTORY
    41  September 2017, Originally compiled by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>