% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals

 % Docker Community
 % JUNE 2014

 # NAME

 docker-images - List images

 
 # SYNOPSIS
 **docker images**

 [**--help**]

 [**-a**|**--all**[=*false*]]

 [**--digests**[=*false*]]

 [**-f**|**--filter**[=*[]*]]
 [**--no-trunc**[=*false*]]
 [**-q**|**--quiet**[=*false*]]

 [REPOSITORY]

 
 # DESCRIPTION
 This command lists the images stored in the local Docker repository.
 
 By default, intermediate images, used during builds, are not listed. Some of the

 output, e.g., image ID, is truncated, for space reasons. However the truncated

 image ID, and often the first few characters, are enough to be used in other
 Docker commands that use the image ID. The output includes repository, tag, image

 ID, date created and the virtual size.

 
 The title REPOSITORY for the first title may seem confusing. It is essentially
 the image name. However, because you can tag a specific image, and multiple tags

 (image instances) can be associated with a single name, the name is really a

 repository for all tagged images of the same name. For example consider an image
 called fedora. It may be tagged with 18, 19, or 20, etc. to manage different
 versions.
 
 # OPTIONS
 **-a**, **--all**=*true*|*false*

    Show all images (by default filter out the intermediate image layers). The default is *false*.
 

 **--digests**=*true*|*false*
    Show image digests. The default is *false*.
 

 **-f**, **--filter**=[]

    Filters the output. The dangling=true filter finds unused images. While label=com.foo=amd64 filters for images with a com.foo value of amd64. The label=com.foo filter finds images with the label com.foo of any value.

 **--help**
   Print usage statement
 

 **--no-trunc**=*true*|*false*

    Don't truncate output. The default is *false*.

 
 **-q**, **--quiet**=*true*|*false*

    Only show numeric IDs. The default is *false*.

 
 # EXAMPLES
 
 ## Listing the images
 
 To list the images in a local repository (not the registry) run:
 
     docker images
 
 The list will contain the image repository name, a tag for the image, and an
 image ID, when it was created and its virtual size. Columns: REPOSITORY, TAG,
 IMAGE ID, CREATED, and VIRTUAL SIZE.
 

 To get a verbose list of images which contains all the intermediate images
 used in builds use **-a**:

 
     docker images -a
 

 Previously, the docker images command supported the --tree and --dot arguments,
 which displayed different visualizations of the image data. Docker core removed
 this functionality in the 1.7 version. If you liked this functionality, you can
 still find it in the third-party dockviz tool: https://github.com/justone/dockviz.
 

 ## Listing only the shortened image IDs
 

 Listing just the shortened image IDs. This can be useful for some automated
 tools.

 
     docker images -q
 
 # HISTORY

 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com)

 based on docker.com source material and internal work.

 June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>