github.com/uriddle/docker@v0.0.0-20210926094723-4072e6aeb013/man/docker-history.1.md (about) 1 % DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals 2 % Docker Community 3 % JUNE 2014 4 # NAME 5 docker-history - Show the history of an image 6 7 # SYNOPSIS 8 **docker history** 9 [**--help**] 10 [**-H**|**--human**[=*true*]] 11 [**--no-trunc**] 12 [**-q**|**--quiet**] 13 IMAGE 14 15 # DESCRIPTION 16 17 Show the history of when and how an image was created. 18 19 # OPTIONS 20 **--help** 21 Print usage statement 22 23 **-H**, **--human**=*true*|*false* 24 Print sizes and dates in human readable format. The default is *true*. 25 26 **--no-trunc**=*true*|*false* 27 Don't truncate output. The default is *false*. 28 29 **-q**, **--quiet**=*true*|*false* 30 Only show numeric IDs. The default is *false*. 31 32 # EXAMPLES 33 $ docker history fedora 34 IMAGE CREATED CREATED BY SIZE COMMENT 35 105182bb5e8b 5 days ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD file:71356d2ad59aa3119d 372.7 MB 36 73bd853d2ea5 13 days ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) MAINTAINER Lokesh Mandvekar 0 B 37 511136ea3c5a 10 months ago 0 B Imported from - 38 39 ## Display comments in the image history 40 The `docker commit` command has a **-m** flag for adding comments to the image. These comments will be displayed in the image history. 41 42 $ sudo docker history docker:scm 43 IMAGE CREATED CREATED BY SIZE COMMENT 44 2ac9d1098bf1 3 months ago /bin/bash 241.4 MB Added Apache to Fedora base image 45 88b42ffd1f7c 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ADD file:1fd8d7f9f6557cafc7 373.7 MB 46 c69cab00d6ef 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) MAINTAINER Lokesh Mandvekar 0 B 47 511136ea3c5a 19 months ago 0 B Imported from - 48 49 # HISTORY 50 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) 51 based on docker.com source material and internal work. 52 June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>