DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals DOCKER(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

docker-load - Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**docker load \[OPTIONS]**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Alias for **docker image load**.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

**-i**, **--input**="" Read from tar archive file, instead of STDIN

**--platform**=\[] Load only the given platform(s). Formatted as a comma-separated list of "os\[/arch\[/variant]]" (e.g., "linux/amd64,linux/arm64/v8").

**-q**, **--quiet**\[=false] Suppress the load output

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**docker(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/docker-cli-fips/docker.1)

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Document: docker-load(1) from docker-cli-fips 29.9.2-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/docker/cli