"You list running containers using `docker ps`. Cool, does that mean the flags are the same as for `ps`?" "No. Completely different."
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"If Docker containers are like processes, can I use `docker top` to see a table of containers and their CPU usage etc.?" "No."
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"If Docker containers are like processes, does stopping one make it go away entirely?" "No."
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"If Docker containers are processes, Docker images are like executable files, right? So I list them with `docker ls`?" "No."
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"The command to list images is `docker images`, so is the command to list containers `docker containers`?" "No."
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"The command to remove a container is `docker rm`. And the flags are the same as for `rm`?" "No."
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"Wait, you list containers using `docker ps` but you remove them with `docker rm`? So are containers processes or files? Pick one!" "No."
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"If Docker containers are like files, then how does that analogy extend to images?" "It doesn't."
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"You delete a volume using `docker volume rm`, delete a container using `docker rm` and delete an image using `docker rmi`? Are you idiots?"
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Unix: "Programs should do one thing well" Docker: "Client and daemon are the same executable with two unrelated sets of flags"
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"And another thing. Shipping containers don't 'run'! This analogy gave you nothing!"
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I see the reasoning for using Unix-like command names as a point of familiarity, but unless you fully embrace the analogy it's useless
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And willfully mixing the file and process analogies up for Docker containers, leaving nothing for images, is inexplicable and unhelpful
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