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

NAME
       podman-version - Display the Podman version information


SYNOPSIS
       podman version [options]


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


OPTIONS
   --format, -f=format
       Change output format to "json" or a Go template.


       +------------+--------------------------+
       |Placeholder | Description              |
       +------------+--------------------------+
       |.Client ... | Version of local podman  |
       +------------+--------------------------+
       |.Server ... | Version of remote podman |
       +------------+--------------------------+

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


Example
       A sample output of the version command:

       $ 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



       Filtering out only the version:

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



   --help, -h
       Print usage statement


SEE ALSO
       podman(1)


HISTORY
       November 2018, Added --format flag by Tomas Tomecek ttomecek@redhat.com
       <mailto:ttomecek@redhat.com> July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi
       Mohnani umohnani@redhat.com <mailto:umohnani@redhat.com>

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