What is an image? — Learn about the image
List your downloaded images using the docker image ls command Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```console docker image ls ``` You will see output like the following Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```console REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE
Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions).
List your downloaded images using the docker image ls command
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
docker image ls
```
You will see output like the following
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
docker/welcome-to-docker latest eedaff45e3c7 4 months ago 29.7MB
```
The command shows a list of Docker images currently available on your system. The docker/welcome-to-docker has a total size of approximately 29.7MB.
> Image size > > The image size represented here reflects the uncompressed size of the image, not the download size of the layers.
List the image's layers using the docker image history command
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
docker image history docker/welcome-to-docker
```
You will see output like the following
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
IMAGE CREATED CREATED BY SIZE COMMENT
648f93a1ba7d 4 months ago COPY /app/build /usr/share/nginx/html # buil… 1.6MB buildkit.dockerfile.v0
<missing> 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) CMD ["nginx" "-g" "daemon… 0B
<missing> 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) STOPSIGNAL SIGQUIT 0B
<missing> 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) EXPOSE 80 0B
<missing> 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entr… 0B
<missing> 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) COPY file:9e3b2b63db9f8fc7… 4.62kB
<missing> 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) COPY file:57846632accc8975… 3.02kB
<missing> 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) COPY file:3b1b9915b7dd898a… 298B
<missing> 5 months ago /bin/sh -c #(nop) COPY file:caec368f5a54f70a… 2.12kB
```
This output shows you all of the layers, their sizes, and the command used to create the layer.
> Viewing the full command > > If you add the --no-trunc flag to the command, you will see the full command. Note that, since the output is in a table-like format, longer commands will cause the output to be very difficult to navigate. …
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