docker-compose up for only certain containers

Question

I have numerous containers in a docker-compose.yml file. Three are for my programme (client, server, and database), while the others are for various development tools (e.g. psql, npm, manage.py, etc). All of them start when I execute docker-compose up, but I only want the three primary ones to start. I can start just those three using docker-compose up client because of the links I've supplied, but the output will only come from that one container. Is it possible to accomplish one of the following:

1. Tell docker-compose which containers docker-compose should start.
2. Use the docker-compose up client to get output from all linked containers.