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.TH "DOCKER" "1" "Jan 2024" "Docker Community" "Docker User Manuals"

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


.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBdocker container diff CONTAINER\fP


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

.TS
allbox;
l l 
l l .
\fBSymbol\fP	\fBDescription\fP
\fBA\fR	A file or directory was added
\fBD\fR	T{
A file or directory was deleted
T}
\fBC\fR	T{
A file or directory was changed
T}
.TE

.PP
You can use the full or shortened container ID or the container name set using
\fBdocker run --name\fP option.


.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
Inspect the changes to an \fBnginx\fR container:

.EX
$ 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

.EE


.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB-h\fP, \fB--help\fP[=false]
	help for diff


.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\fBdocker-container(1)\fP