alias dockerfile='script.sh' script.sh: #!/bin/bash echo "FROM scratch" docker history --no-trunc $@ | tac | tr -s ' ' | cut -d " " -f 5- | sed 's,^/bin/sh -c #(nop) ,,g' | sed 's,^/bin/sh -c,RUN,g' | sed 's, && , \\\n & ,g' | sed 's,\s*[0-9]*[\.]*[0-9]*\s*[kMG]*B\s*$,,g' | head -n -1 Example usage for Docker Hub image: $ dockerfile myusername/myimage:latest