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MANPAGE_SYNTAX was edited. The following manpages have been adapted to the MANPAGE_SYNTAX: - podman-container-prune - podman-container-restore The following manpages have had little changes: - podman-attach - podman-auto-update - podman-commit - podman-completion - podman-container-checkpoint - podman-container-cleanup - podman-container-exists Signed-off-by: Alexander Richter <67486332+Procyhon@users.noreply.github.com>
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% podman-container-exists(1)
NAME
podman-container-exists - Check if a container exists in local storage
SYNOPSIS
podman container exists [options] container
DESCRIPTION
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.
OPTIONS
--external
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.
EXAMPLES
Check if an container called "webclient" exists in local storage. Here, the container does exist.
$ podman container exists webclient
$ echo $?
0
Check if an container called "webbackend" exists in local storage. Here, the container does not exist.
$ podman container exists webbackend
$ echo $?
1
Check if an 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
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
November 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude bbaude@redhat.com