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# [NAME](#NAME)

docker-container-unpause - Unpause all processes within one or more containers

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**docker container unpause CONTAINER \[CONTAINER...]**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The **docker container unpause** command un-suspends all processes in a container. On Linux, it does this using the freezer cgroup.

See the freezer cgroup documentation ⟨https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.txt⟩ for further details.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**docker-container(1)**](/man/os/docker-cli/docker-container.1)

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Document: docker-container-unpause(1) from docker-cli 29.8.1-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/docker/cli