github.com/pwn-term/docker@v0.0.0-20210616085119-6e977cce2565/cli/docs/reference/commandline/stop.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: "stop" 3 description: "The stop command description and usage" 4 keywords: "stop, SIGKILL, SIGTERM" 5 --- 6 7 # stop 8 9 ```markdown 10 Usage: docker stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...] 11 12 Stop one or more running containers 13 14 Options: 15 --help Print usage 16 -t, --time int Seconds to wait for stop before killing it (default 10) 17 ``` 18 19 ## Description 20 21 The main process inside the container will receive `SIGTERM`, and after a grace 22 period, `SIGKILL`. 23 24 ## Examples 25 26 ```bash 27 $ docker stop my_container 28 ```