# docker import

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Import the contents from a tarball to create a filesystem image

### Aliases

`docker image import`, `docker import`

### Options

| Name              | Type     | Default | Description                                       |
|:------------------|:---------|:--------|:--------------------------------------------------|
| `-c`, `--change`  | `list`   |         | Apply Dockerfile instruction to the created image |
| `-m`, `--message` | `string` |         | Set commit message for imported image             |
| `--platform`      | `string` |         | Set platform if server is multi-platform capable  |


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