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 returns an exit code 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.
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
November 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude bbaude@redhat.com