podman-export(1) General Commands Manual podman-export(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

podman-export - Export a container's filesystem contents as a tar archive

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**podman export** \[*options*] *container*

**podman container export** \[*options*] *container*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**podman export** exports the filesystem of a container and saves it as a tarball on the local machine. **podman export** writes to STDOUT by default and can be redirected to a file using the **--output** flag. The image of the container exported by **podman export** can be imported by **podman import**. To export image(s) with parent layers, use **podman save**. Note: **:** is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.

**podman \[GLOBAL OPTIONS]**

**podman export \[GLOBAL OPTIONS]**

**podman export \[OPTIONS] CONTAINER**

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

## **--help**, **-h**

Print usage statement

## **--output**, **-o**

Write to a file, default is STDOUT

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

Export container into specified tar ball:

```
$ podman export -o redis-container.tar 883504668ec465463bc0fe7e63d53154ac3b696ea8d7b233748918664ea90e57
```

Export container to stdout:

```
$ podman export 883504668ec465463bc0fe7e63d53154ac3b696ea8d7b233748918664ea90e57 > redis-container.tar
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**podman(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.0/podman.1), [**podman-import(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.0/podman-import.1)

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

August 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani umohnani@redhat.com ⟨mailto:umohnani@redhat.com⟩

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Document: podman-export(1) from podman-doc-6.0 6.0.2-r10 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/containers/podman