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title: docker container export
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## Examples

Export the contents of the container called angry_bell to a tar file
called angry_bell.tar:

```bash
$ docker export angry_bell > angry_bell.tar

$ docker export --output=angry_bell-latest.tar angry_bell

$ ls -sh angry_bell.tar

321M angry_bell.tar

$ ls -sh angry_bell-latest.tar

321M angry_bell-latest.tar
```