How restart a stopped docker container

Question

So this is how I launched my container :

$ docker run -d myimage /bin/bash -c "mycommand"

With the above command, my container runs until "mycommand" is completely finished and then it stops, but it's not been deleted as using the "$ docker ps -a" I can still see the container.

How can I restart my container without changing the parameter and also keeping the data generated using "mycommand" ?

Answer 1

Use the below command to start a stopped container:

$ docker start container_name

To see the out put of your command add the -ai flag like given below:

$ docker start -ai container_name

You could also use the command $ docker restart [ container_name ] , but a disclaimer , this command is for running containers and not stopped ones.

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