podman-container-exists - Man Page
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 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.
Options
--external=true|false
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.
-h, --help Print usage statement
Examples
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
Check if an container called ubi8-working-container
created via Buildah exists in local storage (the container does not actually exist).
$ podman container exists --external ubi8-working-container $ echo $? 1
See Also
History
November 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude (bbaude at redhat dot com)
Referenced By
The man page docker-container-exists(1) is an alias of podman-container-exists(1).