command: docker diff

short: Inspect changes to files or directories on a container's filesystem

long: |-

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.

usage: docker diff CONTAINER

pname: docker

plink: docker.yaml

examples: |-

Inspect the changes to an `nginx` container:

```console

$ 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

```

deprecated: false

experimental: false

experimentalcli: false

kubernetes: false

swarm: false