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podman-network-exists(1) General Commands Manual podman-network-exists(1)

podman-network-exists - Check if the given network exists

podman network exists network

podman network exists checks if a network exists. The Name or ID of the network may be used as input. Podman will return an exit code of 0 when the network is found. A 1 will be returned otherwise. An exit code of 125 indicates there was another issue.

--help, -h

Print usage statement

Check if a network called net1 exists (the network does actually exist).

$ podman network exists net1
$ echo $?
0
$

Check if a network called webbackend exists (the network does not actually exist).

$ podman network exists webbackend
$ echo $?
1
$

podman(1), podman-network(1)

January 2021, Originally compiled by Paul Holzinger <paul.holzinger@web.de>