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# stop
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Stop one or more running containers
### Aliases
`docker container stop`, `docker stop`
### Options
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|:-----------------|:---------|:--------|:---------------------------------------------|
| `-s`, `--signal` | `string` | | Signal to send to the container |
| `-t`, `--time` | `int` | `0` | Seconds to wait before killing the container |
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## Description
The main process inside the container will receive `SIGTERM`, and after a grace
period, `SIGKILL`. The first signal can be changed with the `STOPSIGNAL`
instruction in the container's Dockerfile, or the `--stop-signal` option to
`docker run`.
## Examples
```console
$ docker stop my_container
```
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