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AlexScalar
AlexScalar

Reputation: 1927

Is there any difference between docker start and docker container start?

I was wondering if there is any difference between

docker start <container name>

and 

docker container start <container name>

I personally always use docker container start though, because that is the method that was suggested to run a stopped container. What would be the difference if I use docker start instead?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 1189

Answers (1)

larsks
larsks

Reputation: 311238

There is no difference between docker container start and docker start.

Over time, the docker cli has become more organized so that, for example, there are separate docker container inspect and docker image inspect commands. Earlier, there was a single command that would do both depending on the arguments, which could be confusing. There are a number of commands that are there for historic reasons (like docker ps, docker inspect, etc) that duplicate functionality that is now also available via subcommands of docker container, docker image, and so on.

Upvotes: 9

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