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docker-image-exists(1)

docker-image-exists1

Check if an image exists in local storage

Part of podman-image-exists(1).

Usage

podman image exists image

Overview

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.

Options

--help, -h

Print usage statement

Examples

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

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
  • Debian 13 (Trixie)
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm)

History

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

From podman-docker 6.1.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.