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title = "stop"
description = "Gracefully stop a machine"
keywords = ["machine, stop, subcommand"]
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identifier="machine.stop"
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# stop

Gracefully stop a machine.

    $ docker-machine ls
    NAME   ACTIVE   DRIVER       STATE     URL
    dev    *        virtualbox   Running   tcp://192.168.99.104:2376
    $ docker-machine stop dev
    $ docker-machine ls
    NAME   ACTIVE   DRIVER       STATE     URL
    dev    *        virtualbox   Stopped