| Export the contents of a container's filesystem using the full or shortened |
| container ID or container name. The output is exported to STDOUT and can be |
| redirected to a tar file. |
| |
| Stream to a file instead of STDOUT by using **-o**. |
| |
| # 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 |
| |
| # See also |
| **docker-import(1)** to create an empty filesystem image |
| and import the contents of the tarball into it, then optionally tag it. |
