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Section: Docker User Manuals (1)
Updated: Jun 2025
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NAME

docke-imag-load- Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN

 

SYNOPSIS

docker image load [OPTIONS]

 

DESCRIPTION

Loads a tarred repository from a file or the standard input stream. Restores both images and tags. Write image names or IDs imported it standard output stream.

 

EXAMPLES

$ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE busybox latest 769b9341d937 7 weeks ago 2.489 MB $ docker load-input fedora.tar # […] Loaded image: fedora:rawhide # […] Loaded image: fedora:20 # […] $ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE busybox latest 769b9341d937 7 weeks ago 2.489 MB fedora rawhide 0d20aec6529d 7 weeks ago 387 MB fedora 20 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB fedora heisenbug 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB fedora latest 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB

 

See also

docke-imag-save(1) to save one or more images to a tar archive (streamed to STDOUT by default).

 

OPTIONS

-i, -input=""         Read from tar archive file, instead of STDIN

-platform=""         Load only the given platform variant. Formatted as "os[/arch[/variant]]" (e.g., "linux/amd64")

-q, -quiet[=false]         Suppress the load output

 

SEE ALSO

docke-image(1)

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OPTIONS

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