command: docker history
short: Show the history of an image
long: Show the history of an image
usage: docker history [OPTIONS] IMAGE
pname: docker
plink: docker.yaml
options:
- option: format
  description: Pretty-print images using a Go template
- option: human
  shorthand: H
  default_value: "true"
  description: Print sizes and dates in human readable format
- option: no-trunc
  default_value: "false"
  description: Don't truncate output
- option: quiet
  shorthand: q
  default_value: "false"
  description: Only show numeric IDs
examples: |-
  To see how the `docker:latest` image was built:

  ```bash
  $ docker history docker

  IMAGE               CREATED             CREATED BY                                      SIZE                COMMENT
  3e23a5875458        8 days ago          /bin/sh -c #(nop) ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8            0 B
  8578938dd170        8 days ago          /bin/sh -c dpkg-reconfigure locales &&    loc   1.245 MB
  be51b77efb42        8 days ago          /bin/sh -c apt-get update && apt-get install    338.3 MB
  4b137612be55        6 weeks ago         /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD jessie.tar.xz in /        121 MB
  750d58736b4b        6 weeks ago         /bin/sh -c #(nop) MAINTAINER Tianon Gravi <ad   0 B
  511136ea3c5a        9 months ago                                                        0 B                 Imported from -
  ```

  To see how the `docker:apache` image was added to a container's base image:

  ```bash
  $ docker history docker:scm
  IMAGE               CREATED             CREATED BY                                      SIZE                COMMENT
  2ac9d1098bf1        3 months ago        /bin/bash                                       241.4 MB            Added Apache to Fedora base image
  88b42ffd1f7c        5 months ago        /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD file:1fd8d7f9f6557cafc7   373.7 MB
  c69cab00d6ef        5 months ago        /bin/sh -c #(nop) MAINTAINER Lokesh Mandvekar   0 B
  511136ea3c5a        19 months ago                                                       0 B                 Imported from -
  ```

  ### Format the output

  The formatting option (`--format`) will pretty-prints history output
  using a Go template.

  Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:

  | Placeholder     | Description |
  | --------------- | ----------- |
  | `.ID`           | Image ID    |
  | `.CreatedSince` | Elapsed time since the image was created if `--human=true`, otherwise timestamp of when image was created |
  | `.CreatedAt`    | Timestamp of when image was created |
  | `.CreatedBy`    | Command that was used to create the image |
  | `.Size`         | Image disk size |
  | `.Comment`      | Comment for image |

  When using the `--format` option, the `history` command will either
  output the data exactly as the template declares or, when using the
  `table` directive, will include column headers as well.

  The following example uses a template without headers and outputs the
  `ID` and `CreatedSince` entries separated by a colon for all images:

  ```bash
  $ docker images --format "{{.ID}}: {{.Created}} ago"

  cc1b61406712: 2 weeks ago
  <missing>: 2 weeks ago
  <missing>: 2 weeks ago
  <missing>: 2 weeks ago
  <missing>: 2 weeks ago
  <missing>: 3 weeks ago
  <missing>: 3 weeks ago
  <missing>: 3 weeks ago
  ```