podman/docs/podman-image-exists.1.md
baude 9d883d2032 add podman container|image exists
Add an exists subcommand to podman container and podman image that allows
users to verify the existence of a container or image by ID or name.  The return
code can be 0 (success), 1 (failed to find), or 125 (failed to work with runtime).

Issue #1845

Signed-off-by: baude <bbaude@redhat.com>
2018-11-26 09:19:39 -06:00

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NAME

podman-image-exists- Check if an image exists in local storage

SYNOPSIS

podman image exists [-h|--help] IMAGE

DESCRIPTION

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

Examples

Check if an image called webclient exists in local storage (the image does actually exist).

$ sudo podman image exists webclient
$ echo $?
0
$

Check if an image called webbackend exists in local storage (the image does not actually exist).

$ sudo podman image exists webbackend
$ echo $?
1
$

SEE ALSO

podman(1)

HISTORY

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