# buildah-inspect "1" "May 2017" "buildah"
## NAME
buildah\-inspect - Display information about working containers or images or manifest lists.
## SYNOPSIS
**buildah inspect** [*options*] [**--**] *object*
## DESCRIPTION
Prints the low-level information on Buildah object(s) (e.g. container, images, manifest lists) identified by name or ID. By default, this will render all results in a
JSON array. If the container, image, or manifest lists have the same name, this will return container JSON for an unspecified type. If a format is specified,
the given template will be executed for each result.
## OPTIONS
**--format**, **-f** *template*
Use *template* as a Go template when formatting the output.
Users of this option should be familiar with the [*text/template*
package](https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/) in the Go standard library, and
of internals of Buildah's implementation.
**--type**, **-t** **container** | **image** | **manifest**
Specify whether *object* is a container, image or a manifest list.
## EXAMPLE
buildah inspect containerID
buildah inspect --type container containerID
buildah inspect --type image imageID
buildah inspect --format '{{.OCIv1.Config.Env}}' alpine
## SEE ALSO
buildah(1)
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