---
description: Get the status of a machine
keywords:
- machine, status, subcommand
menu:
  main:
    parent: smn_machine_subcmds
title: status
---

# status

```none
Usage: docker-machine status [arg...]

Get the status of a machine

Description:
   Argument is a machine name.
```

For example:

```
$ docker-machine status dev
Running
```