bash - 'docker ps' output formatting: list only names of running containers

Question

docker ps --format "table {{.Names}}" output NAMES in first row:

root@docker-2gb-blr1-01:~# docker ps --format "table {{.Names}}"
NAMES
enr
osticket
osticket_db
...

docker inspect --format '{{.Name}}' $(docker ps -q)

prints /in the beginning of container name:

root@docker-2gb-blr1-01:~# docker inspect --format '{{.Name}}' $(docker ps -q)"
/enr
/osticket
/osticket_db

I want to list only names of running containers, without header or slash in beginning. Please share options how to do this.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50667371/docker-ps-output-formatting-list-only-names-of-running-containers

Answer 1

Try removing the table part from your --format argument, such as:

docker ps --format '{{.Names}}'

It should give you a simple list of container names with no table heading