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Add an exists subcommand to podman container and podman image that allows users to verify the existence of a container or image by ID or name. The return code can be 0 (success), 1 (failed to find), or 125 (failed to work with runtime). Issue #1845 Signed-off-by: baude <bbaude@redhat.com>
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% PODMAN(1) Podman Man Pages % Brent Baude % November 2018
NAME
podman-container-exists- Check if a container exists in local storage
SYNOPSIS
podman container exists [-h|--help] CONTAINER
DESCRIPTION
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.
Examples
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
$
SEE ALSO
podman(1)
HISTORY
November 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude (bbaude at redhat dot com)