github.com/stchris/docker@v1.4.2-0.20150106053530-1510a324dbd5/docs/man/docker-top.1.md (about) 1 % DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals 2 % Docker Community 3 % JUNE 2014 4 # NAME 5 docker-top - Display the running processes of a container 6 7 # SYNOPSIS 8 **docker top** 9 CONTAINER [ps OPTIONS] 10 11 # DESCRIPTION 12 13 Look up the running process of the container. ps-OPTION can be any of the 14 options you would pass to a Linux ps command. 15 16 # OPTIONS 17 There are no available options. 18 19 # EXAMPLES 20 21 Run **docker top** with the ps option of -x: 22 23 $ sudo docker top 8601afda2b -x 24 PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 25 16623 ? Ss 0:00 sleep 99999 26 27 28 # HISTORY 29 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) 30 based on docker.com source material and internal work. 31 June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>