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+% podman-import(1)
+
+## NAME
+podman\-import - Import a tarball and save it as a filesystem image
+
+## SYNOPSIS
+**podman import** [*options*] *path* [*reference*]
+
+**podman image import** [*options*] *path* [*reference*]
+
+## DESCRIPTION
+**podman import** imports a tarball (.tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .bzip, .tar.xz, .txz)
+and saves it as a filesystem image. Remote tarballs can be specified using a URL.
+Various image instructions can be configured with the **--change** flag and
+a commit message can be set using the **--message** flag.
+**reference**, if present, is a tag to assign to the image.
+Note: `:` is a restricted character and cannot be part of the file name.
+
+## OPTIONS
+
+**-c**, **--change**=*instruction*
+
+Apply the following possible instructions to the created image:
+**CMD** | **ENTRYPOINT** | **ENV** | **EXPOSE** | **LABEL** | **STOPSIGNAL** | **USER** | **VOLUME** | **WORKDIR**
+Can be set multiple times
+
+**--message**, **-m**=*message*
+
+Set commit message for imported image
+
+**--quiet**, **-q**
+
+Shows progress on the import
+
+**-verbose**
+
+Print additional debugging information
+
+**--help**, **-h**
+
+Print usage statement
+
+## EXAMPLES
+
+```
+$ podman import --change CMD=/bin/bash --change ENTRYPOINT=/bin/sh --change LABEL=blue=image ctr.tar image-imported
+Getting image source signatures
+Copying blob sha256:b41deda5a2feb1f03a5c1bb38c598cbc12c9ccd675f438edc6acd815f7585b86
+ 25.80 MB / 25.80 MB [======================================================] 0s
+Copying config sha256:c16a6d30f3782288ec4e7521c754acc29d37155629cb39149756f486dae2d4cd
+ 448 B / 448 B [============================================================] 0s
+Writing manifest to image destination
+Storing signatures
+db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3
+```
+
+```
+$ podman import --change "ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh","-c","test-image"]" --change LABEL=blue=image test-image.tar image-imported
+Getting image source signatures
+Copying blob e3b0c44298fc skipped: already exists
+Copying config 1105523502 done
+Writing manifest to image destination
+Storing signatures
+110552350206337183ceadc0bdd646dc356e06514c548b69a8917b4182414b
+```
+```
+$ podman import --change "CMD /bin/sh" --change LABEL=blue=image test-image.tar image-imported
+Getting image source signatures
+Copying blob e3b0c44298fc skipped: already exists
+Copying config ae9a27e249 done
+Writing manifest to image destination
+Storing signatures
+ae9a27e249f801aff11a4ba54a81751ea9fbc9db45a6df3f1bfd63fc2437bb9c
+```
+
+
+```
+$ cat ctr.tar | podman -q import --message "importing the ctr.tar tarball" - image-imported
+db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3
+```
+
+```
+$ cat ctr.tar | podman import -
+Getting image source signatures
+Copying blob sha256:b41deda5a2feb1f03a5c1bb38c598cbc12c9ccd675f438edc6acd815f7585b86
+ 25.80 MB / 25.80 MB [======================================================] 0s
+Copying config sha256:d61387b4d5edf65edee5353e2340783703074ffeaaac529cde97a8357eea7645
+ 378 B / 378 B [============================================================] 0s
+Writing manifest to image destination
+Storing signatures
+db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3
+```
+
+```
+$ podman import http://example.com/ctr.tar url-image
+Downloading from "http://example.com/ctr.tar"
+Getting image source signatures
+Copying blob sha256:b41deda5a2feb1f03a5c1bb38c598cbc12c9ccd675f438edc6acd815f7585b86
+ 25.80 MB / 25.80 MB [======================================================] 0s
+Copying config sha256:5813fe8a3b18696089fd09957a12e88bda43dc1745b5240879ffffe93240d29a
+ 419 B / 419 B [============================================================] 0s
+Writing manifest to image destination
+Storing signatures
+db65d991f3bbf7f31ed1064db9a6ced7652e3f8166c4736aa9133dadd3c7acb3
+```
+
+## SEE ALSO
+podman(1), podman-export(1)
+
+## HISTORY
+November 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani <umohnani@redhat.com>