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.TH podman-version 1
.SH NAME
.PP
podman-version - Display the Podman version information

.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBpodman version\fP [\fIoptions\fP]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Shows the following information: Remote API Version, Version, Go Version, Git Commit, Build Time,
OS, and Architecture.

.SH OPTIONS
.SS \fB--format\fP, \fB-f\fP=\fIformat\fP
.PP
Change output format to "json" or a Go template.

.TS
allbox;
l l 
l l .
\fB\fBPlaceholder\fP\fP	\fB\fBDescription\fP\fP
\&.Client ...	Version of local podman
\&.Server ...	Version of remote podman
.TE

.PP
Each of the above fields branch deeper into further subfields
such as .Version, .APIVersion, .GoVersion, and more.

.SH Example
.PP
A sample output of the \fBversion\fR command:

.EX
$ podman version
Version:      2.0.0
API Version:  1
Go Version:   go1.14.2
Git Commit:   4520664f63c3a7f9a80227715359e20069d95542
Built:        Tue May 19 10:48:59 2020
OS/Arch:      linux/amd64
.EE

.PP
Filtering out only the version:

.EX
$ podman version --format '{{.Client.Version}}'
2.0.0
.EE

.SS \fB--help\fP, \fB-h\fP
.PP
Print usage statement

.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\fBpodman(1)\fP

.SH HISTORY
.PP
November 2018, Added --format flag by Tomas Tomecek ttomecek@redhat.com
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July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani umohnani@redhat.com
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