github.com/hanks177/podman/v4@v4.1.3-0.20220613032544-16d90015bc83/docs/source/markdown/podman-pause.1.md (about) 1 % podman-pause(1) 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 pause -a 35 ``` 36 37 ## SEE ALSO 38 **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-unpause(1)](podman-unpause.1.md)** 39 40 ## HISTORY 41 September 2017, Originally compiled by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>