Script 'Check if a docker container is running' for docker

Check if a docker container is running

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Echoes True if a docker container is running and False if not

Created by yassinsiouda74165 344 days ago Viewed 6958 times

Submitted by yassinsiouda74165 Bash

Verified 344 days ago

container_name="${1:-world}"

# check if the container exists
if docker ps -a | grep -q "$container_name"; then
  echo "true"
else
  echo "false"
fi


`1`	`container_name="${1:-world}"`
`2`
`3`	`# check if the container exists`
`4`	`if docker ps -a \| grep -q "$container_name"; then`
`5`	`echo "true"`
`6`	`else`
`7`	`echo "false"`
`8`	`fi`
`9`