github.com/ph/moby@v1.13.1/man/docker-logs.1.md (about) 1 % DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals 2 % Docker Community 3 % JUNE 2014 4 # NAME 5 docker-logs - Fetch the logs of a container 6 7 # SYNOPSIS 8 **docker logs** 9 [**-f**|**--follow**] 10 [**--help**] 11 [**--since**[=*SINCE*]] 12 [**-t**|**--timestamps**] 13 [**--tail**[=*"all"*]] 14 CONTAINER 15 16 # DESCRIPTION 17 The **docker logs** command batch-retrieves whatever logs are present for 18 a container at the time of execution. This does not guarantee execution 19 order when combined with a docker run (i.e., your run may not have generated 20 any logs at the time you execute docker logs). 21 22 The **docker logs --follow** command combines commands **docker logs** and 23 **docker attach**. It will first return all logs from the beginning and 24 then continue streaming new output from the container's stdout and stderr. 25 26 **Warning**: This command works only for the **json-file** or **journald** 27 logging drivers. 28 29 # OPTIONS 30 **--help** 31 Print usage statement 32 33 **--details**=*true*|*false* 34 Show extra details provided to logs 35 36 **-f**, **--follow**=*true*|*false* 37 Follow log output. The default is *false*. 38 39 **--since**="" 40 Show logs since timestamp 41 42 **-t**, **--timestamps**=*true*|*false* 43 Show timestamps. The default is *false*. 44 45 **--tail**="*all*" 46 Output the specified number of lines at the end of logs (defaults to all logs) 47 48 The `--since` option can be Unix timestamps, date formatted timestamps, or Go 49 duration strings (e.g. `10m`, `1h30m`) computed relative to the client machine's 50 time. Supported formats for date formatted time stamps include RFC3339Nano, 51 RFC3339, `2006-01-02T15:04:05`, `2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999`, 52 `2006-01-02Z07:00`, and `2006-01-02`. The local timezone on the client will be 53 used if you do not provide either a `Z` or a `+-00:00` timezone offset at the 54 end of the timestamp. When providing Unix timestamps enter 55 seconds[.nanoseconds], where seconds is the number of seconds that have elapsed 56 since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT), not counting leap seconds (aka Unix 57 epoch or Unix time), and the optional .nanoseconds field is a fraction of a 58 second no more than nine digits long. You can combine the `--since` option with 59 either or both of the `--follow` or `--tail` options. 60 61 The `docker logs --details` command will add on extra attributes, such as 62 environment variables and labels, provided to `--log-opt` when creating the 63 container. 64 65 # HISTORY 66 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) 67 based on docker.com source material and internal work. 68 June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au> 69 July 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au> 70 April 2015, updated by Ahmet Alp Balkan <ahmetalpbalkan@gmail.com> 71 October 2015, updated by Mike Brown <mikebrow@gmail.com>