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docker image load — Load Docker images from files or `stdin`. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/d

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Problem

How to use the docker image load command: Load Docker images from files or stdin. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/image/load/>.

Solution

docker image load — Load Docker images from files or stdin. More information: <https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/image/load/>.

Load a Docker image from stdin:

docker < {{path/to/image_file.tar}} {{[load|image load]}}

Load a Docker image from a specific file:

docker {{[load|image load]}} {{[-i|--input]}} {{path/to/image_file.tar}}

Load a Docker image from a specific file in quiet mode:

docker {{[load|image load]}} {{[-q|--quiet]}} {{[-i|--input]}} {{path/to/image_file.tar}}

Code Snippets

Load a Docker image from `stdin`

docker < {{path/to/image_file.tar}} {{[load|image load]}}

Load a Docker image from a specific file

docker {{[load|image load]}} {{[-i|--input]}} {{path/to/image_file.tar}}

Load a Docker image from a specific file in quiet mode

docker {{[load|image load]}} {{[-q|--quiet]}} {{[-i|--input]}} {{path/to/image_file.tar}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/docker image load

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