podman-diff(1)              General Commands Manual             podman-diff(1)

NAME
       podman-diff - Inspect changes on a container or image's filesystem


SYNOPSIS
       podman diff [options] container|image [container|image]


DESCRIPTION
       Displays changes on a container or image's filesystem.  The container
       or image is compared to its parent layer or the second argument when
       given.


       The output is prefixed with the following symbols:


       +-------+--------------------------------+
       |Symbol | Description                    |
       +-------+--------------------------------+
       |A      | A file or directory was added. |
       +-------+--------------------------------+
       |D      | A file or directory was        |
       |       | deleted.                       |
       +-------+--------------------------------+
       |C      | A file or directory was        |
       |       | changed.                       |
       +-------+--------------------------------+

OPTIONS
   --format
       Alter the output into a different format.  The only valid format for
       podman diff is json.


   --latest, -l
       Instead of providing the container name or ID, use the last created
       container.  Note: the last started container can be from other users of
       Podman on the host machine.  (This option is not available with the
       remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2)
       machines)


EXAMPLE
       Show container-modified files versus the container's image:

       $ podman diff container1
       A /myscript.sh



       Show container-modified files versus the container's image in JSON
       format:

       $ podman diff --format json myimage
       {
         "changed": [
           "/usr",
           "/usr/local",
           "/usr/local/bin"
         ],
         "added": [
           "/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh"
         ]
       }



       Show the difference between the specified container and the image:

       $ podman diff container1 image1
       A /test



SEE ALSO
       podman(1), podman-container-diff(1), podman-image-diff(1)


HISTORY
       August 2017, Originally compiled by Ryan Cole rycole@redhat.com
       <mailto:rycole@redhat.com>

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