How restart a stopped docker container

Question

I launch a docker container from an image with the following command:

$ docker run -d myimage /bin/bash -c "mycommand" 

When "mycommand" is finished, the container is stopped (I suppose it is stopped), but it is not deleted, because I can see it with this command:

$ docker ps -a 

Is there any way to restart this container with the same parameters and keep data generated by mycommand?

Answer 1

Yes, when the initial command finish its execution then the container stops.

You can start a stopped container using:

docker start container_name

If you want to see the output of your command then you should add -ai options:

docker start -ai container_name

PS. there is a docker restart container_name but that is used to restart a running container - I believe that is not your case.