10 Docker commands I use the most

Docker is a very powerful tool to deploy easily some containers. Even though you can manage it via some web interfaces like Portainer, komodo or Dockhand (the one i use currently), you still have to know at least the basics to use it with commands.
This is why i put 10 of my most frequently used command to manage Docker.

Commands

Container management

• List all container running on the machine:

docker ps

• Execute a command inside a container:

docker exec <container name> <command>

• Follow logs from a container:

docker logs -f <container name>

Image management

• Pull an image from a docker repository:

docker pull <image url:latest|version>

• Lists all the docker images currently on the machine:

docker image list

• Remove a specific image:

docker image rm <image id>

• Remove all dangling images (not used by a running container):

docker image prune

• Load an image from a tar file

docker load <path/to/tar>

Docker compose

• Deploy the entire stack inside a docker compose file:

docker compose up -d

the flag '-d' is for "detach", useful run the container in the background.

• Remove all services inside a docker compose:

docker compose down