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NAME

6       docker-load - Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN
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SYNOPSIS

11       docker load [--help] [-i|--input[=INPUT]] [-q|--quiet]
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DESCRIPTION

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

23       --help
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28          Read from a tar archive file, instead of STDIN. The tarball may be
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EXAMPLES

39              $ docker images
40              REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
41              busybox             latest              769b9341d937        7 weeks ago         2.489 MB
42              $ docker load --input fedora.tar
43              # […]
44              Loaded image: fedora:rawhide
45              # […]
46              Loaded image: fedora:20
47              # […]
48              $ docker images
49              REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
50              busybox             latest              769b9341d937        7 weeks ago         2.489 MB
51              fedora              rawhide             0d20aec6529d        7 weeks ago         387 MB
52              fedora              20                  58394af37342        7 weeks ago         385.5 MB
53              fedora              heisenbug           58394af37342        7 weeks ago         385.5 MB
54              fedora              latest              58394af37342        7 weeks ago         385.5 MB
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See also

60       docker-save(1) to save one or more images to a tar archive (streamed to
61       STDOUT by default).
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HISTORY

66       April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot
67       com) based on docker.com source material and internal work.  June 2014,
68       updated by Sven Dowideit ⟨SvenDowideit@home.org.au⟩ July 2015 update by
69       Mary Anthony ⟨mary@docker.com⟩ June 2016 update by Vincent Demeester
70       ⟨vincent@sbr.pm⟩
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