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images
Usage: docker images [OPTIONS] [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]
List images
-a, --all=false Show all images (default hides intermediate images)
--digests=false Show digests
-f, --filter=[] Filter output based on conditions provided
--help=false Print usage
--no-trunc=false Don't truncate output
-q, --quiet=false Only show numeric IDs
The default docker images
will show all top level
images, their repository and tags, and their virtual size.
Docker images have intermediate layers that increase reusability,
decrease disk usage, and speed up docker build
by
allowing each step to be cached. These intermediate layers are not shown
by default.
The VIRTUAL SIZE
is the cumulative space taken up by the image and all
its parent images. This is also the disk space used by the contents of the
Tar file created when you docker save
an image.
An image will be listed more than once if it has multiple repository names
or tags. This single image (identifiable by its matching IMAGE ID
)
uses up the VIRTUAL SIZE
listed only once.
Listing the most recently created images
$ docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE
<none> <none> 77af4d6b9913 19 hours ago 1.089 GB
committ latest b6fa739cedf5 19 hours ago 1.089 GB
<none> <none> 78a85c484f71 19 hours ago 1.089 GB
docker latest 30557a29d5ab 20 hours ago 1.089 GB
<none> <none> 5ed6274db6ce 24 hours ago 1.089 GB
postgres 9 746b819f315e 4 days ago 213.4 MB
postgres 9.3 746b819f315e 4 days ago 213.4 MB
postgres 9.3.5 746b819f315e 4 days ago 213.4 MB
postgres latest 746b819f315e 4 days ago 213.4 MB
Listing images by name and tag
The docker images
command takes an optional [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]
argument
that restricts the list to images that match the argument. If you specify
REPOSITORY
but no TAG
, the docker images
command lists all images in the
given repository.
For example, to list all images in the "java" repository, run this command :
$ docker images java
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE
java 8 308e519aac60 6 days ago 824.5 MB
java 7 493d82594c15 3 months ago 656.3 MB
java latest 2711b1d6f3aa 5 months ago 603.9 MB
The [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]
value must be an "exact match". This means that, for example,
docker images jav
does not match the image java
.
If both REPOSITORY
and TAG
are provided, only images matching that
repository and tag are listed. To find all local images in the "java"
repository with tag "8" you can use:
$ docker images java:8
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE
java 8 308e519aac60 6 days ago 824.5 MB
If nothing matches REPOSITORY[:TAG]
, the list is empty.
$ docker images java:0
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE
Listing the full length image IDs
$ docker images --no-trunc
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE
<none> <none> 77af4d6b9913e693e8d0b4b294fa62ade6054e6b2f1ffb617ac955dd63fb0182 19 hours ago 1.089 GB
committest latest b6fa739cedf5ea12a620a439402b6004d057da800f91c7524b5086a5e4749c9f 19 hours ago 1.089 GB
<none> <none> 78a85c484f71509adeaace20e72e941f6bdd2b25b4c75da8693efd9f61a37921 19 hours ago 1.089 GB
docker latest 30557a29d5abc51e5f1d5b472e79b7e296f595abcf19fe6b9199dbbc809c6ff4 20 hours ago 1.089 GB
<none> <none> 0124422dd9f9cf7ef15c0617cda3931ee68346455441d66ab8bdc5b05e9fdce5 20 hours ago 1.089 GB
<none> <none> 18ad6fad340262ac2a636efd98a6d1f0ea775ae3d45240d3418466495a19a81b 22 hours ago 1.082 GB
<none> <none> f9f1e26352f0a3ba6a0ff68167559f64f3e21ff7ada60366e2d44a04befd1d3a 23 hours ago 1.089 GB
tryout latest 2629d1fa0b81b222fca63371ca16cbf6a0772d07759ff80e8d1369b926940074 23 hours ago 131.5 MB
<none> <none> 5ed6274db6ceb2397844896966ea239290555e74ef307030ebb01ff91b1914df 24 hours ago 1.089 GB
Listing image digests
Images that use the v2 or later format have a content-addressable identifier
called a digest
. As long as the input used to generate the image is
unchanged, the digest value is predictable. To list image digest values, use
the --digests
flag:
$ docker images --digests
REPOSITORY TAG DIGEST IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE
localhost:5000/test/busybox <none> sha256:cbbf2f9a99b47fc460d422812b6a5adff7dfee951d8fa2e4a98caa0382cfbdbf 4986bf8c1536 9 weeks ago 2.43 MB
When pushing or pulling to a 2.0 registry, the push
or pull
command
output includes the image digest. You can pull
using a digest value. You can
also reference by digest in create
, run
, and rmi
commands, as well as the
FROM
image reference in a Dockerfile.
Filtering
The filtering flag (-f
or --filter
) format is of "key=value". If there is more
than one filter, then pass multiple flags (e.g., --filter "foo=bar" --filter "bif=baz"
)
The currently supported filters are:
- dangling (boolean - true or false)
- label (
label=<key>
orlabel=<key>=<value>
)
Untagged images
$ docker images --filter "dangling=true"
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE
<none> <none> 8abc22fbb042 4 weeks ago 0 B
<none> <none> 48e5f45168b9 4 weeks ago 2.489 MB
<none> <none> bf747efa0e2f 4 weeks ago 0 B
<none> <none> 980fe10e5736 12 weeks ago 101.4 MB
<none> <none> dea752e4e117 12 weeks ago 101.4 MB
<none> <none> 511136ea3c5a 8 months ago 0 B
This will display untagged images, that are the leaves of the images tree (not
intermediary layers). These images occur when a new build of an image takes the
repo:tag
away from the image ID, leaving it untagged. A warning will be issued
if trying to remove an image when a container is presently using it.
By having this flag it allows for batch cleanup.
Ready for use by docker rmi ...
, like:
$ docker rmi $(docker images -f "dangling=true" -q)
8abc22fbb042
48e5f45168b9
bf747efa0e2f
980fe10e5736
dea752e4e117
511136ea3c5a
NOTE: Docker will warn you if any containers exist that are using these untagged images.