Why is docker images list empty?

Question

I'm trying to see a list of images in my docker instance, but I keep getting an empty list.

I run

docker run busybox:latest echo hello

It prints hello. I run

docker images list --all

it prints

REPOSITORY          TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE

The same thing happens if I try docker load -i myimage.tar and list. Why isn't it showing any images?

docker version
Client:
 Version:      17.06.1-ce
 API version:  1.30
 Go version:   go1.8.3
 Git commit:   874a737
 Built:        Thu Aug 17 22:51:12 2017
 OS/Arch:      linux/amd64

Server:
 Version:      17.06.1-ce
 API version:  1.30 (minimum version 1.12)
 Go version:   go1.8.3
 Git commit:   874a737
 Built:        Thu Aug 17 22:50:04 2017
 OS/Arch:      linux/amd64
 Experimental: false

score 72 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '17 at 00:46

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Try

docker images

I think the docker client is trying to filter by token list and therefore is not finding any images with this name criteria.

answered Aug 19 '17 at 00:46

Niloct

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score 43 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 11 '19 at 15:42

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docker images - Will list all the images.

docker image ls - is same as "docker images"

docker images ls - here "ls" acts as filter.

edited Aug 11 '19 at 15:42

slfan

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answered Aug 11 '19 at 15:24

O_K

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My god this is terrible UX – spro Sep 13 '22 at 04:46
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Seriously, unbelievable.. – PBJ Dec 18 '22 at 23:20

score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 19 '17 at 00:50

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Another alternative answer is to enter docker image ls

answered Aug 19 '17 at 00:50

Dean Christian Armada

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this actually worked for me, and using `docker image ls -a` gives images in private repo if configured – Ashley Raiteri Jun 07 '18 at 23:50

Why is docker images list empty?

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