DOCKER(1)

NAME
docker-image-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
docker-image-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(s). Formatted as a comma-separated list of "os[/arch[/variant]]" (e.g., "linux/amd64,linux/arm64/v8").

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

SEE ALSO
docker-image(1)