github.com/nf/docker@v1.8.1/docs/reference/commandline/load.md (about)

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    12  # load
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    14      Usage: docker load [OPTIONS]
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    16      Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN
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    18        -i, --input=""     Read from a tar archive file, instead of STDIN. The tarball may be compressed with gzip, bzip, or xz
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    20  Loads a tarred repository from a file or the standard input stream.
    21  Restores both images and tags.
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    23      $ docker images
    24      REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             VIRTUAL SIZE
    25      $ docker load < busybox.tar.gz
    26      $ docker images
    27      REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             VIRTUAL SIZE
    28      busybox             latest              769b9341d937        7 weeks ago         2.489 MB
    29      $ docker load --input fedora.tar
    30      $ docker images
    31      REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             VIRTUAL SIZE
    32      busybox             latest              769b9341d937        7 weeks ago         2.489 MB
    33      fedora              rawhide             0d20aec6529d        7 weeks ago         387 MB
    34      fedora              20                  58394af37342        7 weeks ago         385.5 MB
    35      fedora              heisenbug           58394af37342        7 weeks ago         385.5 MB
    36      fedora              latest              58394af37342        7 weeks ago         385.5 MB
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