podman-pod-exists(1) General Commands Manual podman-pod-exists(1)
NAME
podman-pod-exists - Check if a pod exists in local storage
SYNOPSIS
podman pod exists pod
DESCRIPTION
podman pod exists checks if a pod exists in local storage. The ID or
Name of the pod may be used as input. Podman returns an exit code of 0
when the pod is found. A 1 is returned otherwise. An exit code of 125
indicates there was an issue accessing the local storage.
EXAMPLES
Check if specified pod exists in local storage (the pod does actually
exist):
$ sudo podman pod exists web; echo $?
0
Check if specified pod exists in local storage (the pod does not actu-
ally exist):
$ sudo podman pod exists backend; echo $?
1
SEE ALSO
podman(1), podman-pod(1)
HISTORY
December 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude (bbaude at redhat dot
com)
podman-pod-exists(1)
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