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Container → List

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Summary

List Docker containers, optionally including stopped ones and controlling result count

Inputs

  • allContainers — Whether to include stopped and exited containers
  • returnAll — Whether to return all results or only up to a given limit
  • limit — Max number of results to return

Output shape

a list of container objects

Pagination is controlled by the limit; set returnAll to true to retrieve all results without a limit

Examples

Example 1: List all running containers with default settings

allContainers=false, returnAll=true, limit=50

Example 2: Include stopped containers and limit to 20 results

allContainers=true, returnAll=false, limit=20

Example 3: Retrieve every container by enabling returnAll

allContainers=true, returnAll=true, limit=0

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