DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals DOCKER(1) 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) Docker Community Sep 2023 DOCKER(1)