command: docker wait short: Block until one or more containers stop, then print their exit codes long: Block until one or more containers stop, then print their exit codes usage: docker wait CONTAINER [CONTAINER...] pname: docker plink: docker.yaml examples: |- Start a container in the background. ```bash $ docker run -dit --name=my_container ubuntu bash ``` Run `docker wait`, which should block until the container exits. ```bash $ docker wait my_container ``` In another terminal, stop the first container. The `docker wait` command above returns the exit code. ```bash $ docker stop my_container ``` This is the same `docker wait` command from above, but it now exits, returning `0`. ```bash $ docker wait my_container 0 ``` deprecated: false experimental: false experimentalcli: false kubernetes: false swarm: false