% podman-container-exists(1)
podman-container-exists - Check if a container exists in local storage
podman container exists container
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.
-h, --help Print usage statement
Check if an container called webclient exists in local storage (the container does actually exist).
$ podman container exists webclient
$ echo $?
0
$Check if an container called webbackend exists in local storage (the container does not actually exist).
$ podman container exists webbackend
$ echo $?
1
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November 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude (bbaude at redhat dot com)