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kill all docker containers at once...
docker ps | awk {' print $1 '} | tail -n+2 > tmp.txt; for line in $(cat tmp.txt); do docker kill $line; done; rm tmp.txt
@labohkip81
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Thanks, helped.

@AndersonChoi
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Thank you all

@eenchev
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eenchev commented Dec 4, 2019

@evanscottgray that's a terrible way to do it. As others have pointed out, do not do this, but:
docker kill $(docker ps -q)

@IOnlyFetchBranches
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IOnlyFetchBranches commented Dec 12, 2019

why is there not simply a docker container stop --all or something similar for windows? Sorry if this question has already been answered

@ddelrio1986
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If you want to be a hipster and stop all running containers using the management commands than use this.

docker container stop $(docker container ls -q)

@adeelibr
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docker rm -f $(docker ps -a -q)

@evanscottgray
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@eenchev completely agree. When I wrote this like six years ago, I had no idea what I was doing. 😅

...and some would argue that not much has changed!

These days I use something closer to docker ps -qa | xargs docker stop.

@umar-muneer
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docker container stop $(docker container ls -q)

thanks, worked like a charm !!

@veritem
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veritem commented Dec 3, 2020

All didn't work for me

I used docker stop $(docker ps -a -q)

@chrisharrisonkiwi
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All did n't work for me

I used docker stop $(docker ps -a -q)

docker kill, not stop

@digitalist
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@webdev23
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sudo docker kill $(sudo docker ps -q)

@sorenwacker
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Why not something like docker stopall ?

@mjrdnk
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mjrdnk commented Oct 17, 2022

docker kill $(sudo docker ps -q)

This is great, thanks @webdev23 !

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