github.com/guilhermebr/docker@v1.4.2-0.20150428121140-67da055cebca/docs/man/docker-top.1.md (about) 1 % DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals 2 % Docker Community 3 % JUNE 2014 4 # NAME 5 docker-top - Display the running processes of a container 6 7 # SYNOPSIS 8 **docker top** 9 [**--help**] 10 CONTAINER [ps OPTIONS] 11 12 # DESCRIPTION 13 14 Look up the running process of the container. ps-OPTION can be any of the 15 options you would pass to a Linux ps command. 16 17 # OPTIONS 18 **--help** 19 Print usage statement 20 21 # EXAMPLES 22 23 Run **docker top** with the ps option of -x: 24 25 $ docker top 8601afda2b -x 26 PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 27 16623 ? Ss 0:00 sleep 99999 28 29 30 # HISTORY 31 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) 32 based on docker.com source material and internal work. 33 June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>