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  1. @ngpestelos ngpestelos revised this gist May 26, 2014. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
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    1. Delete all containers

    $ docker ps -q -a | xargs docker rm
    $ docker ps -q -a | xargs docker rm

    -q prints only the container IDs
    -a prints all containers
    @@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ Notice that it uses xargs to issue a remove container command for each container

    2. Delete all untagged images

    $ docker rmi $(docker images | grep “^<none>” | awk ‘{print $3}’)
    $ docker rmi $(docker images | grep “^<none>” | awk ‘{print $3}’)

    awk must use a single quote (this filters all image IDs)
  2. @ngpestelos ngpestelos revised this gist May 26, 2014. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
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    1. Delete all containers

    docker ps -q -a | xargs docker rm
    $ docker ps -q -a | xargs docker rm

    -q prints only the container IDs
    -a prints all containers
    @@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ Notice that it uses xargs to issue a remove container command for each container

    2. Delete all untagged images

    docker rmi $(docker images | grep “^<none>” | awk ‘{print $3}’)
    $ docker rmi $(docker images | grep “^<none>” | awk ‘{print $3}’)

    awk must use a single quote (this filters all image IDs)
  3. @ngpestelos ngpestelos created this gist May 26, 2014.
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    1. Delete all containers

    docker ps -q -a | xargs docker rm

    -q prints only the container IDs
    -a prints all containers

    Notice that it uses xargs to issue a remove container command for each container ID

    2. Delete all untagged images

    docker rmi $(docker images | grep “^<none>” | awk ‘{print $3}’)

    awk must use a single quote (this filters all image IDs)