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Usage: docker load [OPTIONS]

Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN
Load an image or repository from a tar archive (even if compressed with gzip,
bzip2, or xz) from a file or STDIN.

Options:
--help Print usage
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## Description

`docker load` loads a tarred repository from a file or the standard input stream.
It restores both images and tags.
Load an image or repository from a tar archive (even if compressed with gzip,
bzip2, or xz) from a file or STDIN. It restores both images and tags.

## Examples

```bash
$ docker images
$ docker docker image ls

REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE

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