command: docker load short: Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN long: |- `docker load` loads a tarred repository from a file or the standard input stream. It restores both images and tags. usage: docker load [OPTIONS] pname: docker plink: docker.yaml options: - option: input shorthand: i description: Read from tar archive file, instead of STDIN - option: quiet shorthand: q default_value: "false" description: Suppress the load output 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 ```