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NAME

6       podman-container-exists - Check if a container exists in local storage
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SYNOPSIS

11       podman container exists [-h|--help] container
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DESCRIPTION

16       podman container exists checks if a container exists in local storage.
17       The ID or Name of the container may be used as input.  Podman will
18       return an exit code of 0 when the container is found.  A 1 will be
19       returned otherwise. An exit code of 125 indicates there was an issue
20       accessing the local storage.
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Examples

24       Check if an container called webclient exists in local storage (the
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35       Check if an container called webbackend exists in local storage (the
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39              $ sudo podman container exists webbackend
40              $ echo $?
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SEE ALSO

47       podman(1)
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HISTORY

52       November 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude (bbaude at redhat dot
53       com)
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57Brent Baude                     Podman Man Pages                     PODMAN(1)