podman-network-exists(1)

podman-network-exists1

Check if the given network exists

Usage

podman network exists network

Overview

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

Options

--help, -h

Print usage statement

Examples

Check if specified network exists (the network does actually exist):

$ podman network exists net1
$ echo $?
0

Check if nonexistent network exists:

$ podman network exists webbackend
$ echo $?
1

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

History

January 2021, Originally compiled by Paul Holzinger <[email protected]>

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