github.com/flavio/docker@v0.1.3-0.20170117145210-f63d1a6eec47/docs/reference/commandline/rename.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: "rename" 3 description: "The rename command description and usage" 4 keywords: "rename, docker, container" 5 --- 6 7 <!-- This file is maintained within the docker/docker Github 8 repository at https://github.com/docker/docker/. Make all 9 pull requests against that repo. If you see this file in 10 another repository, consider it read-only there, as it will 11 periodically be overwritten by the definitive file. Pull 12 requests which include edits to this file in other repositories 13 will be rejected. 14 --> 15 16 # rename 17 18 ```markdown 19 Usage: docker rename CONTAINER NEW_NAME 20 21 Rename a container 22 23 Options: 24 --help Print usage 25 ``` 26 27 The `docker rename` command allows the container to be renamed to a different name.