github.com/sijibomii/docker@v0.0.0-20231230191044-5cf6ca554647/docs/reference/commandline/logs.md (about) 1 <!--[metadata]> 2 +++ 3 title = "logs" 4 description = "The logs command description and usage" 5 keywords = ["logs, retrieve, docker"] 6 [menu.main] 7 parent = "smn_cli" 8 +++ 9 <![end-metadata]--> 10 11 # logs 12 13 Usage: docker logs [OPTIONS] CONTAINER 14 15 Fetch the logs of a container 16 17 -f, --follow Follow log output 18 --help Print usage 19 --since="" Show logs since timestamp 20 -t, --timestamps Show timestamps 21 --tail="all" Number of lines to show from the end of the logs 22 23 > **Note**: this command is available only for containers with `json-file` and 24 > `journald` logging drivers. 25 26 The `docker logs` command batch-retrieves logs present at the time of execution. 27 28 The `docker logs --follow` command will continue streaming the new output from 29 the container's `STDOUT` and `STDERR`. 30 31 Passing a negative number or a non-integer to `--tail` is invalid and the 32 value is set to `all` in that case. 33 34 The `docker logs --timestamps` command will add an [RFC3339Nano timestamp](https://golang.org/pkg/time/#pkg-constants) 35 , for example `2014-09-16T06:17:46.000000000Z`, to each 36 log entry. To ensure that the timestamps are aligned the 37 nano-second part of the timestamp will be padded with zero when necessary. 38 39 The `--since` option shows only the container logs generated after 40 a given date. You can specify the date as an RFC 3339 date, a UNIX 41 timestamp, or a Go duration string (e.g. `1m30s`, `3h`). Besides RFC3339 date 42 format you may also use RFC3339Nano, `2006-01-02T15:04:05`, 43 `2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999`, `2006-01-02Z07:00`, and `2006-01-02`. The local 44 timezone on the client will be used if you do not provide either a `Z` or a 45 `+-00:00` timezone offset at the end of the timestamp. When providing Unix 46 timestamps enter seconds[.nanoseconds], where seconds is the number of seconds 47 that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT), not counting leap 48 seconds (aka Unix epoch or Unix time), and the optional .nanoseconds field is a 49 fraction of a second no more than nine digits long. You can combine the 50 `--since` option with either or both of the `--follow` or `--tail` options.