% PODMAN(1) Podman Man Pages % Brent Baude % November 2018
podman-container-exists- Check if a container exists in local storage
podman container exists [-h|--help] CONTAINER
podman container exists checks if a container exists in local storage. The ID or Name
of the container may be used as input. Podman will return an exit code
of 0 when the container is found. A 1 will be returned otherwise. An exit code of 125 indicates there
was an issue accessing the local storage.
Check if an container called webclient exists in local storage (the container does actually exist).
$ sudo podman container exists webclient
$ echo $?
0
$Check if an container called webbackend exists in local storage (the container does not actually exist).
$ sudo podman container exists webbackend
$ echo $?
1
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November 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude (bbaude at redhat dot com)