---
name: "containers-storage-layer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "containers-common"
version: "1:0.69.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/containers-storage-layer"
---

# containers-storage-layer(1)

Examine a single layer

## NAME

containers-storage-layer - Examine a single layer

## SYNOPSIS

**containers-storage** **layer** *layerNameOrID*

## DESCRIPTION

Retrieve information about a layer: its ID, any names it has, and the ID of its parent, if it has one.

## EXAMPLE

```
containers-storage layer 49bff34e4baf9378c01733d02276a731a4c4771ebeab305020c5303679f88bb8
containers-storage layer my-favorite-layer
```

## SEE ALSO

[containers-storage-image(1)](/containers-storage-image/1.md) [containers-storage-container(1)](/containers-storage-container/1.md)