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title: "load"
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description: "The load command description and usage"
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keywords: "stdin, tarred, repository"
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---
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# load
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```markdown
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Usage: docker load [OPTIONS]
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Load an image or repository from a tar archive (even if compressed with gzip,
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bzip2, or xz) from a file or STDIN.
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Options:
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--help Print usage
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-i, --input string Read from tar archive file, instead of STDIN.
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The tarball may be compressed with gzip, bzip, or xz
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-q, --quiet Suppress the load output but still outputs the imported images
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```
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## Description
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Load an image or repository from a tar archive (even if compressed with gzip,
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bzip2, or xz) from a file or STDIN. It restores both images and tags.
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## Examples
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```bash
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$ docker image ls
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REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
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$ docker load < busybox.tar.gz
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Loaded image: busybox:latest
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$ docker images
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REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
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busybox latest 769b9341d937 7 weeks ago 2.489 MB
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$ docker load --input fedora.tar
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Loaded image: fedora:rawhide
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Loaded image: fedora:20
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$ docker images
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REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
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busybox latest 769b9341d937 7 weeks ago 2.489 MB
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fedora rawhide 0d20aec6529d 7 weeks ago 387 MB
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fedora 20 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB
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fedora heisenbug 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB
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fedora latest 58394af37342 7 weeks ago 385.5 MB
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```
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