<!--[metadata]> +++ title = "load" description = "The load command description and usage" keywords = ["stdin, tarred, repository"] [menu.main] parent = "smn_cli" weight=1 +++ <![end-metadata]--> # load Usage: docker load [OPTIONS] Load an image from a tar archive on STDIN -i, --input="" Read from a tar archive file, instead of STDIN Loads a tarred repository from a file or the standard input stream. Restores both images and tags. $ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE $ docker load < busybox.tar $ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE busybox latest 769b9341d937 7 weeks ago 2.489 MB $ docker load --input fedora.tar $ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL 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