github.com/flavio/docker@v0.1.3-0.20170117145210-f63d1a6eec47/docs/reference/commandline/stop.md (about)

     1  ---
     2  title: "stop"
     3  description: "The stop command description and usage"
     4  keywords: "stop, SIGKILL, SIGTERM"
     5  ---
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    15  
    16  # stop
    17  
    18  ```markdown
    19  Usage:  docker stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
    20  
    21  Stop one or more running containers
    22  
    23  Options:
    24        --help       Print usage
    25    -t, --time int   Seconds to wait for stop before killing it (default 10)
    26  ```
    27  
    28  The main process inside the container will receive `SIGTERM`, and after a grace
    29  period, `SIGKILL`.