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# Commands

#### Container Management

1. List running containers: `docker ps`
2. List all containers (running and stopped): `docker ps -a`
3. Start a container: `docker start [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]`
4. Stop a container: `docker stop [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]`
5. Restart a container: `docker restart [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]`
6. Remove a container: `docker rm [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]`
7. Pause a container: `docker pause [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]`
8. Unpause a container: `docker unpause [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]`
9. Inspect a container: `docker inspect [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]`

#### Image Management

1. List local Docker images: `docker images`
2. Download a Docker image: `docker pull [IMAGE_NAME]`
3. Create a Docker image from a Dockerfile: `docker build -t [IMAGE_NAME] [DOCKERFILE_PATH]`
4. Remove a Docker image: `docker rmi [IMAGE_NAME/IMAGE_ID]`
5. Tag a Docker image: `docker tag [IMAGE_NAME/IMAGE_ID] [REPOSITORY_NAME]:[TAG]`
6. Push a Docker image to a repository: `docker push [REPOSITORY_NAME]:[TAG]`
7. Pull a Docker image from a repository: `docker pull [REPOSITORY_NAME]:[TAG]`

#### Networking

1. List Docker networks: `docker network ls`
2. Create a Docker network: `docker network create [NETWORK_NAME]`
3. Connect a container to a network: `docker network connect [NETWORK_NAME] [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]`
4. Disconnect a container from a network: `docker network disconnect [NETWORK_NAME] [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]`

#### Volume Management

1. List Docker volumes: `docker volume ls`
2. Create a Docker volume: `docker volume create [VOLUME_NAME]`
3. Remove a Docker volume: `docker volume rm [VOLUME_NAME]`
4. Attach a volume to a container: `docker run -v [VOLUME_NAME]:[CONTAINER_PATH] [IMAGE_NAME]`
5. Inspect a volume: `docker volume inspect [VOLUME_NAME]`

#### Miscellaneous

1. Open a shell inside a running container: `docker exec -it [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID] sh`
2. View logs of a running container: `docker logs -f [CONTAINER_NAME/CONTAINER_ID]`


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