How to see docker image contents

Question

I did a docker pull and can list the image that\'s downloaded. I want to see the contents of this image. Did a search on the net but no straight answer.

Answer 1

You should not start a container just to see the image contents. For instance, you might want to look for malicious content, not run it. Use "create" instead of "run";

docker create --name="tmp_$$" image:tag
docker export tmp_$$ | tar t
docker rm tmp_$$