github.com/pwn-term/docker@v0.0.0-20210616085119-6e977cce2565/cli/docs/reference/commandline/wait.md (about)

     1  ---
     2  title: "wait"
     3  description: "The wait command description and usage"
     4  keywords: "container, stop, wait"
     5  ---
     6  
     7  # wait
     8  
     9  ```markdown
    10  Usage:  docker wait CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
    11  
    12  Block until one or more containers stop, then print their exit codes
    13  
    14  Options:
    15        --help        Print usage
    16  ```
    17  
    18  > **Note**
    19  >
    20  > `docker wait` returns `0` when run against a container which had already
    21  > exited before the `docker wait` command was run.
    22  
    23  ## Examples
    24  
    25  Start a container in the background.
    26  
    27  ```bash
    28  $ docker run -dit --name=my_container ubuntu bash
    29  ```
    30  
    31  Run `docker wait`, which should block until the container exits.
    32  
    33  ```bash
    34  $ docker wait my_container
    35  ```
    36  
    37  In another terminal, stop the first container. The `docker wait` command above
    38  returns the exit code.
    39  
    40  ```bash
    41  $ docker stop my_container
    42  ```
    43  
    44  This is the same `docker wait` command from above, but it now exits, returning
    45  `0`.
    46  
    47  ```bash
    48  $ docker wait my_container
    49  
    50  0
    51  ```