github.com/containers/podman/v5@v5.1.0-rc1/docs/source/markdown/podman-pod-exists.1.md (about) 1 % podman-pod-exists 1 2 3 ## NAME 4 podman-pod-exists - Check if a pod exists in local storage 5 6 ## SYNOPSIS 7 **podman pod exists** *pod* 8 9 ## DESCRIPTION 10 **podman pod exists** checks if a pod exists in local storage. The **ID** or **Name** 11 of the pod may be used as input. Podman returns an exit code 12 of `0` when the pod is found. A `1` is returned otherwise. An exit code of `125` indicates there 13 was an issue accessing the local storage. 14 15 ## EXAMPLES 16 17 Check if specified pod exists in local storage (the pod does actually exist): 18 ``` 19 $ sudo podman pod exists web; echo $? 20 0 21 ``` 22 23 Check if specified pod exists in local storage (the pod does not actually exist): 24 ``` 25 $ sudo podman pod exists backend; echo $? 26 1 27 ``` 28 29 ## SEE ALSO 30 **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-pod(1)](podman-pod.1.md)** 31 32 ## HISTORY 33 December 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude (bbaude at redhat dot com)