github.com/hanks177/podman/v4@v4.1.3-0.20220613032544-16d90015bc83/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 will return an exit code 12 of `0` when the pod is found. A `1` will be returned otherwise. An exit code of `125` indicates there 13 was an issue accessing the local storage. 14 15 ## EXAMPLES 16 17 Check if a pod called `web` exists in local storage (the pod does actually exist). 18 ``` 19 $ sudo podman pod exists web 20 $ echo $? 21 0 22 $ 23 ``` 24 25 Check if a pod called `backend` exists in local storage (the pod does not actually exist). 26 ``` 27 $ sudo podman pod exists backend 28 $ echo $? 29 1 30 $ 31 ``` 32 33 ## SEE ALSO 34 **[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-pod(1)](podman-pod.1.md)** 35 36 ## HISTORY 37 December 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude (bbaude at redhat dot com)