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.TH containers-storage-metadata 1 "August 2016"
.SH NAME
containers-storage-metadata \- Retrieve metadata for a layer, image, or container

.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBcontainers-storage\fP \fBmetadata\fP [\fIoptions\fP [...]] \fIlayerOrImageOrContainerNameOrID\fP

.SH DESCRIPTION
Outputs metadata associated with a layer, image, or container.  Metadata is
intended to be small, and is expected to be cached in memory.

.SH OPTIONS
\fB-q | --quiet\fP

.PP
Don't print the ID or name of the item with which the metadata is associated.

.SH EXAMPLE
.EX
containers-storage metadata -q my-image > my-image.txt
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.SH SEE ALSO
containers-storage-set-metadata(1)