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title: "load"
description: "The load command description and usage"
keywords: "stdin, tarred, repository"
---
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# load
```markdown
Usage: docker load [OPTIONS]
Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN
Options:
--help Print usage
-i, --input string Read from tar archive file, instead of STDIN.
The tarball may be compressed with gzip, bzip, or xz
-q, --quiet Suppress the load output but still outputs the imported images
```
## Description
`docker load` loads a tarred repository from a file or the standard input stream.
It restores both images and tags.
## Examples
```bash
$ docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
$ docker load < busybox.tar.gz
Loaded image: busybox:latest
$ 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
```