docs/engine/reference/commandline/container_export.md

datafolder	datafile	title
engine-cli	docker_container_export	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:

$ 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