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<h1>docker container commit</h1>  <p><br></p> <p>Create a new image from a container’s changes</p> <h2 id="usage">Usage</h2> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight" data-language="">$ docker container commit [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]
</pre></div> <h2 id="options">Options</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <td>Name, shorthand</td> <td>Default</td> <td>Description</td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>
<code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">--author</code> , <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">-a</code>
</td> <td></td> <td>Author (e.g., "John Hannibal Smith &lt;hannibal@a-team.com&gt;")</td> </tr> <tr> <td>
<code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">--change</code> , <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">-c</code>
</td> <td></td> <td>Apply Dockerfile instruction to the created image</td> </tr> <tr> <td>
<code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">--message</code> , <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">-m</code>
</td> <td></td> <td>Commit message</td> </tr> <tr> <td>
<code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">--pause</code> , <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">-p</code>
</td> <td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">true</code></td> <td>Pause container during commit</td> </tr>  </tbody> </table>  <h2 id="parent-command">Parent command</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th style="text-align: left">Command</th> <th style="text-align: left">Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"><a href="../container/index">docker container</a></td> <td style="text-align: left">Manage containers</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2 id="related-commands">Related commands</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <td>Command</td> <td>Description</td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="../container_attach/index">docker container attach</a></td> <td>Attach local standard input, output, and error streams to a running container</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="index">docker container commit</a></td> <td>Create a new image from a container’s changes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_cp/index">docker container cp</a></td> <td>Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_create/index">docker container create</a></td> <td>Create a new container</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_diff/index">docker container diff</a></td> <td>Inspect changes to files or directories on a container’s filesystem</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_exec/index">docker container exec</a></td> <td>Run a command in a running container</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_export/index">docker container export</a></td> <td>Export a container’s filesystem as a tar archive</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_inspect/index">docker container inspect</a></td> <td>Display detailed information on one or more containers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_kill/index">docker container kill</a></td> <td>Kill one or more running containers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_logs/index">docker container logs</a></td> <td>Fetch the logs of a container</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_ls/index">docker container ls</a></td> <td>List containers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_pause/index">docker container pause</a></td> <td>Pause all processes within one or more containers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_port/index">docker container port</a></td> <td>List port mappings or a specific mapping for the container</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_prune/index">docker container prune</a></td> <td>Remove all stopped containers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_rename/index">docker container rename</a></td> <td>Rename a container</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_restart/index">docker container restart</a></td> <td>Restart one or more containers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_rm/index">docker container rm</a></td> <td>Remove one or more containers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_run/index">docker container run</a></td> <td>Run a command in a new container</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_start/index">docker container start</a></td> <td>Start one or more stopped containers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_stats/index">docker container stats</a></td> <td>Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_stop/index">docker container stop</a></td> <td>Stop one or more running containers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_top/index">docker container top</a></td> <td>Display the running processes of a container</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_unpause/index">docker container unpause</a></td> <td>Unpause all processes within one or more containers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_update/index">docker container update</a></td> <td>Update configuration of one or more containers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../container_wait/index">docker container wait</a></td> <td>Block until one or more containers stop, then print their exit codes</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="_attribution">
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