docker / docker/cli

Add a "totals" line to the output of `docker stats`

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Description

Description

docker stats is a cool and useful command, but it would be even more useful if there were a "totals" line at the bottom, that simply acted as a sum for each column.

I would like to see things like "total memory usage" across all my running container, or "total CPU utilization"

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Research direction

Start at the docker stats command and trace how its tabular output is assembled. Identify where values for all running containers can be aggregated, then verify that a totals line appears at the bottom and sums each applicable column, including memory usage and CPU utilization.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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