github.com/sijibomii/docker@v0.0.0-20231230191044-5cf6ca554647/docs/reference/commandline/stop.md (about) 1 <!--[metadata]> 2 +++ 3 title = "stop" 4 description = "The stop command description and usage" 5 keywords = ["stop, SIGKILL, SIGTERM"] 6 [menu.main] 7 parent = "smn_cli" 8 +++ 9 <![end-metadata]--> 10 11 # stop 12 13 Usage: docker stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...] 14 15 Stop a container by sending SIGTERM and then SIGKILL after a 16 grace period 17 18 --help Print usage 19 -t, --time=10 Seconds to wait for stop before killing it 20 21 The main process inside the container will receive `SIGTERM`, and after a grace 22 period, `SIGKILL`.