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Improve documentation of (podman image save --format)

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- Don't pointlessly repeat the names
- Improve documentation of the formats
- Use a table, per MANPAGE_SYNTAX.md

Signed-off-by: Miloslav Trmač <mitr@redhat.com>
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**podman image save** [*options*] *name*[:*tag*]
## DESCRIPTION
**podman save** saves an image to either **docker-archive**, **oci-archive**, **oci-dir** (directory with oci manifest type), or **docker-dir** (directory with v2s2 manifest type) on the local machine,
default is **docker-archive**. **podman save** writes to STDOUT by default and can be redirected to a
**podman save** saves an image to a local file or directory.
**podman save** writes to STDOUT by default and can be redirected to a
file using the **output** flag. The **quiet** flag suppresses the output when set.
**podman save** will save parent layers of the image(s) and the image(s) can be loaded using **podman load**.
To export the containers, use the **podman export**.
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#### **--format**=*format*
Save image to **docker-archive**, **oci-archive** (see `containers-transports(5)`), **oci-dir** (`oci` transport), or **docker-dir** (`dir` transport with v2s2 manifest type).
```
--format docker-archive
--format oci-archive
--format oci-dir
--format docker-dir
```
An image format to produce, one of:
| Format | Description |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **docker-archive** | A tar archive interoperable with **docker load(1)** (the default) |
| **oci-archive** | A tar archive using the OCI Image Format |
| **oci-dir** | A directory using the OCI Image Format |
| **docker-dir** | **dir** transport (see **containers-transports(5)**) with v2s2 manifest type |
#### **--multi-image-archive**, **-m**
Allow for creating archives with more than one image. Additional names will be interpreted as images instead of tags. Only supported for **docker-archive**.
Allow for creating archives with more than one image. Additional names will be interpreted as images instead of tags. Only supported for **--format=docker-archive**.
The default for this option can be modified via the `multi_image_archive="true"|"false"` flag in containers.conf.
#### **--quiet**, **-q**