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---
description: CLI and log output formatting reference
keywords: format, formatting, output, templates, log
title: Format command and log output
weight: 40
aliases:
- /engine/admin/formatting/
- /config/formatting/
---
Docker supports [Go templates](https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/) which you
can use to manipulate the output format of certain commands and log drivers.
Docker provides a set of basic functions to manipulate template elements.
All of these examples use the `docker inspect` command, but many other CLI
commands have a `--format` flag, and many of the CLI command references
include examples of customizing the output format.
> [!NOTE]
>
> When using the `--format` flag, you need observe your shell environment.
> In a POSIX shell, you can run the following with a single quote:
>
> ```console
> $ docker inspect --format '{{join .Args " , "}}'
> ```
>
> Otherwise, in a Windows shell (for example, PowerShell), you need to use single quotes, but
> escape the double quotes inside the parameters as follows:
>
> ```console
> $ docker inspect --format '{{join .Args \" , \"}}'
> ```
>
## join
`join` concatenates a list of strings to create a single string.
It puts a separator between each element in the list.
```console
$ docker inspect --format '{{join .Args " , "}}' container
```
## table
`table` specifies which fields you want to see its output.
```console
$ docker image list --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Repository}}\t{{.Tag}}\t{{.Size}}"
```
## json
`json` encodes an element as a json string.
```console
$ docker inspect --format '{{json .Mounts}}' container
```
## lower
`lower` transforms a string into its lowercase representation.
```console
$ docker inspect --format "{{lower .Name}}" container
```
## split
`split` slices a string into a list of strings separated by a separator.
```console
$ docker inspect --format '{{split .Image ":"}}' container
```
## title
`title` capitalizes the first character of a string.
```console
$ docker inspect --format "{{title .Name}}" container
```
## upper
`upper` transforms a string into its uppercase representation.
```console
$ docker inspect --format "{{upper .Name}}" container
```
## pad
`pad` adds whitespace padding to a string. You can specify the number of spaces to add before and after the string.
```console
$ docker image list --format '{{pad .Repository 5 10}}'
```
This example adds 5 spaces before the image repository name and 10 spaces after.
## truncate
`truncate` shortens a string to a specified length. If the string is shorter than the specified length, it remains unchanged.
```console
$ docker image list --format '{{truncate .Repository 15}}'
```
This example displays the image repository name, truncating it to the first 15 characters if it's longer.
## println
`println` prints each value on a new line.
```console
$ docker inspect --format='{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{println .IPAddress}}{{end}}' container
```
## Hint
To find out what data can be printed, show all content as json:
```console
$ docker container ls --format='{{json .}}'
```