# Size of logs for each Docker container

**Print the size of the log for each container by sorting it by size**

```bash
sudo du -ch $(docker inspect --format='{{.LogPath}}' $(docker ps -qa)) | sort -h
```

**Set default limited log size when creating new containers**

#### On Linux

* Path: ***/etc/docker/daemon.json***
    

#### On Windows

* Path: ***%USERPROFILE%\\.docker\\daemon.json***
    

```json
{
  "log-driver": "local",
  "log-opts": {
    "max-size": "10m"
  }
}
```