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

# [NAME](#NAME)

podman-pod-exists - Check if a pod exists in local storage

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**podman pod exists** *pod*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

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

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

Check if specified pod exists in local storage (the pod does actually exist):

```
$ sudo podman pod exists web; echo $?
0
```

Check if specified pod exists in local storage (the pod does not actually exist):

```
$ sudo podman pod exists backend; echo $?
1
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**podman(1)**](/man/os/podman-doc-6.0/podman.1), [**podman-pod(1)**](/man/os/podman-doc-6.0/podman-pod.1)

# [HISTORY](#HISTORY)

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

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Document: podman-pod-exists(1) from podman-doc-6.0 6.0.2-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/containers/podman