1podman-version(1)           General Commands Manual          podman-version(1)
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NAME

6       podman-version - Display the Podman version information
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SYNOPSIS

10       podman version [options]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Shows  the  following information: Remote API Version, Version, Go Ver‐
15       sion, Git Commit, Build Time, OS, and Architecture.
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OPTIONS

19   --format, -f=format
20       Change output format to "json" or a Go template.
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23       ┌────────────┬──────────────────────────┐
24       │Placeholder │ Description              │
25       ├────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
26       │.Client ... │ Version of local podman  │
27       ├────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
28       │.Server ... │ Version of remote podman │
29       └────────────┴──────────────────────────┘
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31       Each of the above fields branch deeper into further subfields  such  as
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Example

36       A sample output of the version command:
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39              $ podman version
40              Version:      2.0.0
41              API Version:  1
42              Go Version:   go1.14.2
43              Git Commit:   4520664f63c3a7f9a80227715359e20069d95542
44              Built:        Tue May 19 10:48:59 2020
45              OS/Arch:      linux/amd64
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49       Filtering out only the version:
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52              $ podman version --format '{{.Client.Version}}'
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57   --help, -h
58       Print usage statement
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SEE ALSO

62       podman(1)
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HISTORY

66       November 2018, Added --format flag by Tomas Tomecek ttomecek@redhat.com
67       ⟨mailto:ttomecek@redhat.com⟩ July 2017, Originally compiled by  Urvashi
68       Mohnani umohnani@redhat.com ⟨mailto:umohnani@redhat.com⟩
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