Docker image layers tree

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In some manual I found next option:

vagrant@ubuntu-13:~$ sudo docker images --tree
├─f502877df6a1 Virtual Size: 2.489 MB Tags: busybox-1-export:latest
└─511136ea3c5a Virtual Size: 0 B
  └─bf747efa0e2f Virtual Size: 0 B
    └─48e5f45168b9 Virtual Size: 2.489 MB
      └─769b9341d937 Virtual Size: 2.489 MB
        └─227516d93162 Virtual Size: 2.489 MB Tags: busybox-1:latest

But in my:

# docker -v
Docker version 1.8.2, build 0a8c2e3

I have no --tree option for images:

# docker images --tree
flag provided but not defined: --tree
See 'docker images --help'.

How can I see something like this tree?

Only using tools like [dockviz][1]?

Does this answer your question? [How to see tree view of docker images?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32454679/how-to-see-tree-view-of-docker-images) — Michael Freidgeim, Jun 12 '21 at 21:54

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered May 03 '19 at 04:32

This is the alternative you may use

docker history {image_name}

The sample output like this:

IMAGE               CREATED             CREATED BY                                      SIZE                COMMENT
d120321c2b3f        11 days ago         /bin/sh -c #(nop)  EXPOSE 443                   0B
4340c5fa6a72        11 days ago         /bin/sh -c #(nop)  EXPOSE 80                    0B
8f35732293d9        11 days ago         /bin/sh -c #(nop) COPY file:84bfba8bd4750004…   1.68kB

I got from this link like previous answer https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/5001 :)

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 05 '15 at 09:55

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The --tree option was removed. Instead you can do (as you mention):

$ docker run --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock nate/dockviz images -t

For more information, see https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/5001

answered Oct 05 '15 at 09:55

Adrian Mouat

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