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

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

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

14       Displays changes on a container's filesystem. The container is compared
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18       The output is prefixed with the following symbols:
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21       ┌───────┬────────────────────────────────┐
22       │Symbol │ Description                    │
23       ├───────┼────────────────────────────────┤
24       │A      │ A file or directory was added. │
25       ├───────┼────────────────────────────────┤
26       │D      │ A  file   or   directory   was │
27       │       │ deleted.                       │
28       ├───────┼────────────────────────────────┤
29       │C      │ A   file   or   directory  was │
30       │       │ changed.                       │
31       └───────┴────────────────────────────────┘
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OPTIONS

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

48       # podman container diff container1
49       C /usr
50       C /usr/local
51       C /usr/local/bin
52       A /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
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55       $ podman container diff --format json container1 container2
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57            "added": [
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SEE ALSO

65       podman(1), podman-container(1)
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HISTORY

69       July  2021,  Originally  compiled by Paul Holzinger pholzing@redhat.com
70       ⟨mailto:pholzing@redhat.com⟩
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