github.com/hanks177/podman/v4@v4.1.3-0.20220613032544-16d90015bc83/docs/source/markdown/podman-network-exists.1.md (about) 1 % podman-network-exists(1) 2 3 ## NAME 4 podman\-network\-exists - Check if the given network exists 5 6 ## SYNOPSIS 7 **podman network exists** *network* 8 9 ## DESCRIPTION 10 **podman network exists** checks if a network exists. The **Name** or **ID** 11 of the network may be used as input. Podman will return an exit code 12 of `0` when the network is found. A `1` will be returned otherwise. An exit code of 13 `125` indicates there was another issue. 14 15 16 ## OPTIONS 17 18 #### **--help**, **-h** 19 20 Print usage statement 21 22 ## EXAMPLE 23 24 Check if a network called `net1` exists (the network does actually exist). 25 ``` 26 $ podman network exists net1 27 $ echo $? 28 0 29 $ 30 ``` 31 32 Check if a network called `webbackend` exists (the network does not actually exist). 33 ``` 34 $ podman network exists webbackend 35 $ echo $? 36 1 37 $ 38 ``` 39 40 ## SEE ALSO 41 **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-network(1)](podman-network.1.md)** 42 43 ## HISTORY 44 January 2021, Originally compiled by Paul Holzinger `<paul.holzinger@web.de>`