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podman-pod-exists - Check if a pod exists in local storage

podman pod exists pod

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

Check if a pod called web exists in local storage (the pod does actually exist).

$ sudo podman pod exists web
$ echo $?
0
$

Check if a pod called backend exists in local storage (the pod does not actually exist).

$ sudo podman pod exists backend
$ echo $?
1
$

podman(1), podman-pod(1)

December 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude (bbaude at redhat dot com)