OCI-IMAGE-TOOL(1)(OCI)

💅 OCI-IMAGE-TOOL — the OCI image tools, bestie edition

okay so real talk: this is oci-image-tool, from section 1 of the OCI manual (yep, Open Container Initiative, the whole manual family, we're living in it). Like, the entire manual name is OCI and this page is one of its main characters. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

oci-image-tool — OCI (Open Container Initiative) image tools. that's it, that's the name, it's giving "container image toolbox" and honestly? iconic. 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

oci-image-tool [OPTIONS] COMMAND [arg...]

oci-image-tool [--help|-v|--version]

so you either give it a command (with optional args and options, slay) or you just ask it for help/version and it's like "bet". 💖

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

oci-image-tool is literally a whole collection of tools for working with the OCI image specification 💫 — the spec lives right here:

https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec

no cap, that's the source of truth, go look at it, it's a whole vibe. 📚✨

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --help — prints the usage statement. when you're lost, this is your bestie. 🥺
• --debug — turns on debug output. it's giving "tell me everything", and honestly we love the transparency. 🔍
• -v, --version — prints version information. flex on the timeline, what build are we on?? ⭐

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🌈 COMMANDS 🌈

• validate — validate the given file(s) against the OCI image specification. see oci-image-tool-validate(1) for full documentation on the validate command. 💖
• unpack — unpack the file which against the OCI image specification into a bundle directory. see oci-image-tool-unpack(1) for full documentation on the unpack command. 🎁
• create — create an OCI runtime bundle. see oci-image-tool-create(1) for full documentation on the create command. 🧚

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

oci-image-tool-validate(1), oci-image-tool-unpack(1), oci-image-tool-create(1)

go read those next, they're the sequels and they eat. 💅

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📜 HISTORY 📜

Sept 2016, Originally compiled by Antonio Murdaca (runcom at redhat dot com). 🫶

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okay that's the whole page bestie, you're fully caught up. it came to you from the OCI Community, JULY 2016 era (the footer says Tool / Image / OCI-IMAGE-TOOL(1)(OCI)), so like... vintage but make it container-native. periodt. ✨💖🎀