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Playing around with docker may leave a lot of exited images. A one-line command to cleanup your working environment. :-) Just use sudo docker ps -a | grep Exit | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | xargs sudo docker rm. Remove the sudo if you are root.
A small demonstration:
tan@omega:~/Sources/improved-docker-elasticsearch$ sudo docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
23e8aac03da1 cinhtau/elasticsearch "/docker-entrypoint.s" 9 minutes ago Exited (130) 5 minutes ago prickly_stonebraker
a5ff8a4c917b cinhtau/elasticsearch "/docker-entrypoint.s" 9 minutes ago Exited (130) 9 minutes ago vinh
0a4e13dcfe52 cinhtau/elasticsearch "/docker-entrypoint.s" 11 minutes ago Exited (130) 10 minutes ago suspicious_shaw
632aa3ff3e8f cinhtau/elasticsearch "/docker-entrypoint.s" 13 minutes ago Exited (130) 12 minutes ago berserk_dijkstra
2f17d64ff7db cinhtau/elasticsearch "/docker-entrypoint.s" 17 minutes ago Exited (130) 16 minutes ago tender_bohr
19345357c2af cinhtau/elasticsearch "/docker-entrypoint.s" 18 minutes ago Exited (0) 17 minutes ago elated_brattain
00e077ac1d20 cinhtau/elasticsearch "/docker-entrypoint.s" 22 minutes ago Exited (130) 18 minutes ago desperate_goldstine
ddf3a8e382a9 cinhtau/elasticsearch "/docker-entrypoint.s" 28 minutes ago Exited (130) 27 minutes ago modest_davinci
a5ecec7eeeeb cinhtau/elasticsearch "/docker-entrypoint.s" 28 minutes ago Exited (64) 28 minutes ago gloomy_lovelace
9dbdc789a006 hello-world "/hello" 5 weeks ago Exited (0) 5 weeks ago tiny_pasteur
Remove it.
tan@omega:~/Sources/improved-docker-elasticsearch$ sudo docker ps -a | grep Exit | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | xargs sudo docker rm
23e8aac03da1
a5ff8a4c917b
0a4e13dcfe52
632aa3ff3e8f
2f17d64ff7db
19345357c2af
00e077ac1d20
ddf3a8e382a9
a5ecec7eeeeb
9dbdc789a006
Check if everything is gone.
tan@omega:~/Sources/improved-docker-elasticsearch$ sudo docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
