Get Docker container id from container name

Question

What is the command to get the Docker container id from the container name?

Answer 1

In Linux:

sudo docker ps -aqf "name=containername"

Or in OS X, Windows:

docker ps -aqf "name=containername"

where containername is your container name.

To avoid getting false positives, as @llia Sidorenko notes, you can use regex anchors like so:

docker ps -aqf "name=^containername$"

explanation:

• -q for quiet. output only the ID
• -a for all. works even if your container is not running
• -f for filter.
• ^ container name must start with this string
• $ container name must end with this string