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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 variant. Formatted as
       "os[/arch[/variant]]" (e.g., "linux/amd64")


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



SEE ALSO
       docker-image(1)

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