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Merge pull request #2621 from rogaha/rm_del_all_example

- Added delete all the containers example (docker rm `docker ps -a -q`)
Andy Rothfusz 11 years ago
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@@ -622,6 +622,15 @@ This will remove the container referenced under the link ``/redis``.
 This will remove the underlying link between ``/webapp`` and the ``/redis`` containers removing all
 This will remove the underlying link between ``/webapp`` and the ``/redis`` containers removing all
 network communication.
 network communication.
 
 
+.. code-block:: bash
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+    $ docker rm `docker ps -a -q`
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+This command will delete all stopped containers. The command ``docker ps -a -q`` will return all
+existing container IDs and pass them to the ``rm`` command which will delete them. Any running
+containers will not be deleted.
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 .. _cli_rmi:
 .. _cli_rmi:
 
 
 ``rmi``
 ``rmi``