docker-import(1)

docker-import1

Import the contents from a tarball to create a filesystem image

Usage

docker {import [OPTIONS] file | URL | - [REPOSITORY [:TAG]]}

Overview

Alias for docker image import.

Options

-c, --change=
Apply Dockerfile instruction to the created image

-m, --message=""
Set commit message for imported image

--platform=""
Set platform if server is multi-platform capable

Releases

5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

From docker 1:29.9.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Also shipped by podman-docker. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.