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NAME
       docker-container-diff - Inspect changes to files or directories on a container's filesystem

SYNOPSIS
       docker container diff CONTAINER

DESCRIPTION
       List the changed files and directories in a container᾿s filesystem since the container was created. Three different types of
       change are tracked:

       ┌───────┬─────────────────────────────────┐
       │Symbol │ Description                     │
       ├───────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
       │A      │ A file or directory was added   │
       ├───────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
       │D      │ A file or directory was deleted │
       ├───────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
       │C      │ A file or directory was changed │
       └───────┴─────────────────────────────────┘

       You can use the full or shortened container ID or the container name set using docker run --name option.

EXAMPLES
       Inspect the changes to an nginx container:

              $ docker diff 1fdfd1f54c1b

              C /dev
              C /dev/console
              C /dev/core
              C /dev/stdout
              C /dev/fd
              C /dev/ptmx
              C /dev/stderr
              C /dev/stdin
              C /run
              A /run/nginx.pid
              C /var/lib/nginx/tmp
              A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/client_body
              A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/fastcgi
              A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/proxy
              A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/scgi
              A /var/lib/nginx/tmp/uwsgi
              C /var/log/nginx
              A /var/log/nginx/access.log
              A /var/log/nginx/error.log

OPTIONS
       -h, --help[=false]        help for diff

SEE ALSO
       docker-container(1)

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