podman-volume-exists(1)

podman-volume-exists1

Check if the given volume exists

Usage

podman volume exists volume

Overview

podman volume exists checks if a volume exists. Podman returns an exit code of 0 when the volume 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 a volume called myvol exists (the volume does actually exist).

$ podman volume exists myvol
$ echo $?
0
$

Check if a volume called mysql exists (the volume does not actually exist).

$ podman volume exists mysql
$ 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.