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Show Docker container logs for a time range

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Adjust the values, the command updates live
root@server
docker logs -t --since 2h --until 1h app

Filters the container logs to a time window and prefixes each line with a timestamp via -t. --since and --until accept relative values like 30m or 2h as well as absolute times like 2026-10-09T08:00:00. The example shows everything between two hours ago and one hour ago.

Note: To search the output, filter it with 2>&1 | grep -i fehler (replace the search term as needed), since Docker passes the container’s error output on to stderr.

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