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Remove all will, would, could, should and use present tense. Signed-off-by: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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% podman-container-exists 1
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## NAME
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podman\-container\-exists - Check if a container exists in local storage
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## SYNOPSIS
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**podman container exists** [*options*] *container*
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## DESCRIPTION
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**podman container exists** checks if a container exists in local storage. The *container ID* or *name* is used as input. Podman returns an exit code
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of `0` when the container is found. A `1` is returned otherwise. An exit code of `125` indicates there was an issue accessing the local storage.
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## OPTIONS
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#### **--external**
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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`.\
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The default is **false**.
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**-h**, **--help**
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Prints usage statement.\
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The default is **false**.
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## EXAMPLES
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Check if a container called "webclient" exists in local storage. Here, the container does exist.
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```
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$ podman container exists webclient
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$ echo $?
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0
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```
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Check if a container called "webbackend" exists in local storage. Here, the container does not exist.
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```
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$ podman container exists webbackend
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$ echo $?
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1
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```
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Check if a container called "ubi8-working-container" created via Buildah exists in local storage. Here, the container does not exist.
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```
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$ podman container exists --external ubi8-working-container
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$ echo $?
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1
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```
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## SEE ALSO
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**[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**
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## HISTORY
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November 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude <bbaude@redhat.com>
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