container_export.md

datafolder	engine-cli
datafile	docker_container_export
title	docker container export

{% include cli.md %}

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