2 files changed, 31 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/commit.go b/cmd/podman/commit.go
index 5d37458ea..59ced293f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/commit.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/commit.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/projectatomic/libpod/libpod"
@@ -25,6 +28,10 @@ var (
 			Name:  "pause, p",
 			Usage: "Pause container during commit",
 		},
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:  "quiet, q",
+			Usage: "Suppress output",
+		},
 	}
 	commitDescription = `Create an image from a container's changes.
 	 Optionally tag the image created, set the author with the --author flag,
@@ -84,10 +91,19 @@ func commitCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 		Author:  c.String("author"),
 	}
 	opts.ImageConfig = config
+	opts.Writer = nil
+
+	if !c.Bool("quiet") {
+		opts.Writer = os.Stderr
+	}
 
 	ctr, err := runtime.LookupContainer(container)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error looking up container %q", container)
 	}
-	return ctr.Commit(c.BoolT("pause"), opts)
+	img, err := ctr.Commit(c.BoolT("pause"), opts)
+	if err == nil {
+		fmt.Println(img.ID)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/podman/import.go b/cmd/podman/import.go
index 7b380b500..d3c497d9d 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/import.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/import.go
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ var (
 			Name:  "message, m",
 			Usage: "Set commit message for imported image",
 		},
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:  "quiet, q",
+			Usage: "Suppress output",
+		},
 	}
 	importDescription = `Create a container image from the contents of the specified tarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz).
 	 Note remote tar balls can be specified, via web address.
@@ -84,6 +88,11 @@ func importCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	opts.ImageConfig = config
+	opts.Writer = nil
+
+	if !c.Bool("quiet") {
+		opts.Writer = os.Stderr
+	}
 
 	// if source is a url, download it and save to a temp file
 	u, err := url.ParseRequestURI(source)
@@ -96,7 +105,11 @@ func importCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
 		source = file
 	}
 
-	return runtime.ImportImage(source, opts)
+	img, err := runtime.ImportImage(source, opts)
+	if err == nil {
+		fmt.Println(img.ID)
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
 // donwloadFromURL downloads an image in the format "https:/example.com/myimage.tar"