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% podman-load(1)
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## NAME
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podman\-load - Load an image from a container image archive into container storage
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## SYNOPSIS
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**podman load** [*options*] [*name*[:*tag*]]
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## DESCRIPTION
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**podman load** loads an image from either an **oci-archive** or **docker-archive** stored on the local machine into container storage. **podman load** reads from stdin by default or a file if the **input** option is set.
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You can also specify a name for the image if the archive does not contain a named reference, of if you want an additional name for the local image.
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The **quiet** option suppresses the progress output when set.
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Note: `:` is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.
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**podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
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**podman load [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**
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**podman load [OPTIONS] NAME[:TAG]**
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## OPTIONS
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**--input**, ** -i**=*input*
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Read from archive file, default is STDIN.
The remote client requires the use of this option.
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**--quiet**, ** -q**
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Suppress the progress output
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**--help**, ** -h**
Print usage statement
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## EXAMPLES
```
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$ podman load --quiet -i fedora.tar
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```
```
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$ podman load -q -i fedora.tar
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```
```
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$ podman load < fedora.tar
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Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:5bef08742407efd622d243692b79ba0055383bbce12900324f75e56f589aedb0
0 B / 4.03 MB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
Copying config sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d624560
0 B / 1.48 KB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
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Loaded image: registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest
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```
```
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$ cat fedora.tar | podman load
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Getting image source signatures
Copying blob sha256:5bef08742407efd622d243692b79ba0055383bbce12900324f75e56f589aedb0
0 B / 4.03 MB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
Copying config sha256:7328f6f8b41890597575cbaadc884e7386ae0acc53b747401ebce5cf0d624560
0 B / 1.48 KB [---------------------------------------------------------------]
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
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Loaded image: registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest
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```
## SEE ALSO
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podman(1), podman-save(1), podman-tag(1)
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## HISTORY
July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani < umohnani @ redhat . com >
