How to filter docker ps by *exact* name?

[avbentem (Arjan)]

@dejanualex

docker ps -a --format "table {{.Names}}" | grep <EXACT_NAME>

I’d add the -w flag to grep, to limit matches to words (or use ^<EXACT_NAME>$), for otherwise <EXACT_NAME> may still yield a partial match to another longer name? But like noted in an earlier answer:

@danrichards

For a container named foo :

docker ps -a --no-trunc --filter name=^/foo$

So, without grep, if for some reason one only wants the container name (which, of course, will simply match what is searched for, just like with the grep example), this may suffice:

docker ps -a --format "{{.Names}}" --filter name=^/<EXACT_NAME>$

(Not sure about having multiples names for a single container?)