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

6       podman-diff - Inspect changes on a container or image's filesystem
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SYNOPSIS

10       podman diff [options] container|image [container|image]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Displays  changes  on a container or image's filesystem.  The container
15       or image is compared to its parent layer or the  second  argument  when
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19       The output is prefixed with the following symbols:
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22       ┌───────┬────────────────────────────────┐
23       │Symbol │ Description                    │
24       ├───────┼────────────────────────────────┤
25       │A      │ A file or directory was added. │
26       ├───────┼────────────────────────────────┤
27       │D      │ A   file   or   directory  was │
28       │       │ deleted.                       │
29       ├───────┼────────────────────────────────┤
30       │C      │ A  file   or   directory   was │
31       │       │ changed.                       │
32       └───────┴────────────────────────────────┘
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OPTIONS

35   --format
36       Alter  the  output  into a different format.  The only valid format for
37       podman diff is json.
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41       Instead of providing the container name or ID,  use  the  last  created
42       container.  Note: the last started container can be from other users of
43       Podman on the host machine.  (This option is not available with the re‐
44       mote  Podman  client,  including  Mac  and Windows (excluding WSL2) ma‐
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EXAMPLE

49              $ podman diff container1
50              A /myscript.sh
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56                "changed": [
57                  "/usr",
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68              $ podman diff container1 image1
69              A /test
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SEE ALSO

74       podman(1), podman-container-diff(1), podman-image-diff(1)
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HISTORY

78       August  2017,  Originally  compiled  by  Ryan  Cole   rycole@redhat.com
79       ⟨mailto:rycole@redhat.com⟩
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