In case anyone finds this via search, you can list the containers in a nice format from the command line using ps
sudo docker ps --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Names}}"
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Even better from the helpful folk at StackExchange
echo ] | (sudo docker ps --format "{ {{json .ID}} : {{json .Names}} }" | paste -sd',' && cat) | (echo [ && cat)
if you want all the info available
echo ] | (sudo docker ps --format "{{json .}}" | paste -sd',' && cat) | (echo [ && cat)