docker container export

Description

Export a container’s filesystem as a tar archive

Usage

docker container export [OPTIONS] CONTAINER

Options

Name, shorthand	Default	Description
`--output, -o`		Write to a file, instead of STDOUT

Parent command

Command	Description
docker container	Manage containers

Examples

Export the contents of the container called angry_bell to a tar file called angry_bell.tar:

$ docker export angry_bell > angry_bell.tar

$ docker export --output=angry_bell-latest.tar angry_bell

$ ls -sh angry_bell.tar

321M angry_bell.tar

$ ls -sh angry_bell-latest.tar

321M angry_bell-latest.tar

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