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# podman load

> Load an image from an oci-archive or a docker-archive created using `podman save`.
> See also: `podman save`, `podman import`.
> More information: <https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-load.1.html>.

- Load an image from a tar file:

`podman load {{[-i|--input]}} {{path/to/file.tar}}`

- Load an image from a compressed tar file:

`podman load {{[-i|--input]}} {{path/to/file.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz|.zst]}}`

- Load an image and display quiet output (only show the image ID):

`podman load {{[-q|--quiet]}} {{[-i|--input]}} {{path/to/file.tar}}`

- Load an image from `stdin`:

`podman < {{path/to/file.tar}} load`