After a time, Docker containers and images build up and can eat disk space. Failed docker build invocations can leave a lot of artifacts behind.
The following commands can help. Many of them say ‘not all containers could be removed’; this has to do with the header from docker ps. Usually this can be ignored.
Caveat: Docker images cannot be removed if they are in use by a container.
Remove Ended Containers Which Match a Pattern
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docker ps -a|grep PATTERN|awk '{print $1}'|xargs docker rm |
Remove All Containers Which Match a Pattern
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docker ps -a|grep PATTERN|awk '{print $1}'|xargs docker rm -f |
Remove Images Matching a Pattern
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docker images|grep consul|awk '{print $1}'|xargs docker rmi |
Remove Incomplete Images
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docker images |grep '<none'|awk '{print $3}'|xargs docker rmi |
Remove all containers except those currently running
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docker ps -a|grep -v 'Up '|awk '{print $1}'|xargs docker rm |
