podman-container-exists - Check if a container exists in local storage
podman container exists [
options]
container
podman container exists checks if a container exists in local storage.
The
container ID or
name is 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 for external
containers as well as Podman
containers. These
external
containers are generally created via other container
technology such as
Buildah or
CRI-O.
The default is
false.
-h,
--help
Prints usage statement.
The default is
false.
Check if a container called "webclient" exists in local storage. Here,
the container does exist.
$ podman container exists webclient
$ echo $?
0
Check if a container called "webbackend" exists in local storage.
Here, the container does not exist.
$ podman container exists webbackend
$ echo $?
1
Check if a container called "ubi8-working-container" created via
Buildah exists in local storage. Here, the container does not exist.
$ podman container exists --external ubi8-working-container
$ echo $?
1
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November 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude
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