cli/components/engine/docs/sources/commandline/command/build.rst

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Build Command

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Build a new image from the Dockerfile passed via stdin

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build, docker, container, documentation

build -- Build a container from a Dockerfile

Usage: docker build [OPTIONS] PATH | URL | -
Build a new container image from the source code at PATH
  -t="": Tag to be applied to the resulting image in case of success.
When a single Dockerfile is given as URL, then no context is set. When a git repository is set as URL, the repository is used as context

Examples

docker build .

This will take the local Dockerfile

docker build -

This will read a Dockerfile form Stdin without context