github.com/khulnasoft/cli@v0.0.0-20240402070845-01bcad7beefa/docs/reference/commandline/image_history.md (about) 1 # history 2 3 <!---MARKER_GEN_START--> 4 Show the history of an image 5 6 ### Aliases 7 8 `docker image history`, `docker history` 9 10 ### Options 11 12 | Name | Type | Default | Description | 13 |:----------------------|:---------|:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 14 | [`--format`](#format) | `string` | | Format output using a custom template:<br>'table': Print output in table format with column headers (default)<br>'table TEMPLATE': Print output in table format using the given Go template<br>'json': Print in JSON format<br>'TEMPLATE': Print output using the given Go template.<br>Refer to https://docs.docker.com/go/formatting/ for more information about formatting output with templates | 15 | `-H`, `--human` | `bool` | `true` | Print sizes and dates in human readable format | 16 | `--no-trunc` | | | Don't truncate output | 17 | `-q`, `--quiet` | | | Only show image IDs | 18 19 20 <!---MARKER_GEN_END--> 21 22 ## Examples 23 24 To see how the `docker:latest` image was built: 25 26 ```console 27 $ docker history docker 28 29 IMAGE CREATED CREATED BY SIZE COMMENT 30 3e23a5875458 8 days ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 0 B 31 8578938dd170 8 days ago /bin/sh -c dpkg-reconfigure locales && loc 1.245 MB 32 be51b77efb42 8 days ago /bin/sh -c apt-get update && apt-get install 338.3 MB 33 4b137612be55 6 weeks ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD jessie.tar.xz in / 121 MB 34 750d58736b4b 6 weeks ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) MAINTAINER Tianon Gravi <ad 0 B 35 511136ea3c5a 9 months ago 0 B Imported from - 36 ``` 37 38 To see how the `docker:apache` image was added to a container's base image: 39 40 ```console 41 $ docker history docker:scm 42 IMAGE CREATED CREATED BY SIZE COMMENT 43 2ac9d1098bf1 3 months ago /bin/bash 241.4 MB Added Apache to Fedora base image 44 88b42ffd1f7c 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD file:1fd8d7f9f6557cafc7 373.7 MB 45 c69cab00d6ef 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) MAINTAINER Lokesh Mandvekar 0 B 46 511136ea3c5a 19 months ago 0 B Imported from - 47 ``` 48 49 ### <a name="format"></a> Format the output (--format) 50 51 The formatting option (`--format`) will pretty-prints history output 52 using a Go template. 53 54 Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below: 55 56 | Placeholder | Description | 57 |-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 58 | `.ID` | Image ID | 59 | `.CreatedSince` | Elapsed time since the image was created if `--human=true`, otherwise timestamp of when image was created | 60 | `.CreatedAt` | Timestamp of when image was created | 61 | `.CreatedBy` | Command that was used to create the image | 62 | `.Size` | Image disk size | 63 | `.Comment` | Comment for image | 64 65 When using the `--format` option, the `history` command either 66 outputs the data exactly as the template declares or, when using the 67 `table` directive, includes column headers as well. 68 69 The following example uses a template without headers and outputs the 70 `ID` and `CreatedSince` entries separated by a colon (`:`) for the `busybox` 71 image: 72 73 ```console 74 $ docker history --format "{{.ID}}: {{.CreatedSince}}" busybox 75 76 f6e427c148a7: 4 weeks ago 77 <missing>: 4 weeks ago 78 ```