.nh .TH "DOCKER" "1" "Apr 2025" "Docker Community" "Docker User Manuals" .SH NAME docker-load - Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN .SH SYNOPSIS \fBdocker load [OPTIONS]\fP .SH DESCRIPTION Alias for \fBdocker image load\fR\&. .SH OPTIONS \fB-i\fP, \fB--input\fP="" Read from tar archive file, instead of STDIN .PP \fB--platform\fP="" Load only the given platform variant. Formatted as "os[/arch[/variant]]" (e.g., "linux/amd64") .PP \fB-q\fP, \fB--quiet\fP[=false] Suppress the load output .SH SEE ALSO \fBdocker(1)\fP