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.
--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.
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 [email protected] ⟨mailto:[email protected]⟩