podman-network-exists(1) General Commands Manual podman-network-exists(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

podman-network-exists - Check if the given network exists

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**podman network exists** *network*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**podman network exists** checks if a network exists. The **Name** or **ID** of the network may be used as input. Podman returns an exit code of **0** when the network is found. A **1** is returned otherwise. An exit code of **125** indicates there was another issue.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

## **--help**, **-h**

Print usage statement

# [EXAMPLE](#EXAMPLE)

Check if specified network exists (the network does actually exist):

```
$ podman network exists net1
$ echo $?
0
```

Check if nonexistent network exists:

```
$ podman network exists webbackend
$ echo $?
1
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**podman(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.0/podman.1), [**podman-network(1)**](/man/enterprise-packages/podman-doc-6.0/podman-network.1)

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

January 2021, Originally compiled by Paul Holzinger **<paul.holzinger@web.de>**

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Document: podman-network-exists(1) from podman-doc-6.0 6.0.2-r13 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/containers/podman