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     1  # load
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     4  Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN
     5  
     6  ### Aliases
     7  
     8  `docker image load`, `docker load`
     9  
    10  ### Options
    11  
    12  | Name                                | Type     | Default | Description                                  |
    13  |:------------------------------------|:---------|:--------|:---------------------------------------------|
    14  | [`-i`](#input), [`--input`](#input) | `string` |         | Read from tar archive file, instead of STDIN |
    15  | `-q`, `--quiet`                     |          |         | Suppress the load output                     |
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    20  ## Description
    21  
    22  Load an image or repository from a tar archive (even if compressed with gzip,
    23  bzip2, xz or zstd) from a file or STDIN. It restores both images and tags.
    24  
    25  ## Examples
    26  
    27  ```console
    28  $ docker image ls
    29  
    30  REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
    31  ```
    32  
    33  ### Load images from STDIN
    34  
    35  ```console
    36  $ docker load < busybox.tar.gz
    37  
    38  Loaded image: busybox:latest
    39  $ docker images
    40  REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
    41  busybox             latest              769b9341d937        7 weeks ago         2.489 MB
    42  ```
    43  
    44  ### <a name="input"></a> Load images from a file (--input)
    45  
    46  ```console
    47  $ docker load --input fedora.tar
    48  
    49  Loaded image: fedora:rawhide
    50  Loaded image: fedora:20
    51  
    52  $ docker images
    53  
    54  REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
    55  busybox             latest              769b9341d937        7 weeks ago         2.489 MB
    56  fedora              rawhide             0d20aec6529d        7 weeks ago         387 MB
    57  fedora              20                  58394af37342        7 weeks ago         385.5 MB
    58  fedora              heisenbug           58394af37342        7 weeks ago         385.5 MB
    59  fedora              latest              58394af37342        7 weeks ago         385.5 MB
    60  ```