'docker ps' output formatting: list only names of running containers

Question

docker ps --format "table {{.Names}}" output NAMES in first row:

root@docker-2gb-blr1-01:~# docker ps --format "table {{.Names}}" NAMES enr osticket osticket_db ... 

docker inspect --format '{{.Name}}' $(docker ps -q)

prints /in the beginning of container name:

root@docker-2gb-blr1-01:~# docker inspect --format '{{.Name}}' $(docker ps -q)" /enr /osticket /osticket_db 

I want to list only names of running containers, without header or slash in beginning. Please share options how to do this.

Answer 1

Try removing the table part from your --format argument, such as:

docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' 

It should give you a simple list of container names with no table heading

Answer 2

Here is how we query the other columns with docker ps.

Names:

docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' 

ID:

docker ps --format '{{.ID}}' 

Image:

docker ps --format '{{.Image}}' 

Command:

docker ps --format '{{.Command}}' 

Created:

docker ps --format '{{.RunningFor}}' 

Status:

docker ps --format '{{.Status}}' 

Ports:

docker ps --format '{{.Ports}}' 

More information can be found here.