github.com/pwn-term/docker@v0.0.0-20210616085119-6e977cce2565/cli/docs/reference/commandline/diff.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: "diff" 3 description: "The diff command description and usage" 4 keywords: "list, changed, files, container" 5 --- 6 7 # diff 8 9 ```markdown 10 Usage: docker diff CONTAINER 11 12 Inspect changes to files or directories on a container's filesystem 13 14 Options: 15 --help Print usage 16 ``` 17 18 ## Description 19 20 List the changed files and directories in a container᾿s filesystem since the 21 container was created. Three different types of change are tracked: 22 23 | Symbol | Description | 24 |--------|---------------------------------| 25 | `A` | A file or directory was added | 26 | `D` | A file or directory was deleted | 27 | `C` | A file or directory was changed | 28 29 You can use the full or shortened container ID or the container name set using 30 `docker run --name` option. 31 32 ## Examples 33 34 Inspect the changes to an `nginx` container: 35 36 ```bash 37 $ docker diff 1fdfd1f54c1b 38 39 C /dev 40 C /dev/console 41 C /dev/core 42 C /dev/stdout 43 C /dev/fd 44 C /dev/ptmx 45 C /dev/stderr 46 C /dev/stdin 47 C /run 48 A /run/nginx.pid 49 C /var/lib/nginx/tmp 50 A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/client_body 51 A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/fastcgi 52 A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/proxy 53 A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/scgi 54 A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/uwsgi 55 C /var/log/nginx 56 A /var/log/nginx/access.log 57 A /var/log/nginx/error.log 58 ```