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

podman-image-exists - Check if an image exists in local storage

podman image exists image

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

--help, -h

Print usage statement

Check if an image called webclient exists in local storage (the image does actually exist):

$ podman image exists webclient
$ echo $?
0

Check if an image called webbackend exists in local storage (the image does not actually exist):

$ podman image exists webbackend
$ echo $?
1

podman(1), podman-image(1)

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