View or follow the log output of a running podman container
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Documented steps
Get the container name or ID with podman ps.
View current logs with podman logs <container>, adding --tail N to see only the last N lines.
Stream live output with -f/--follow; add -t for timestamps and -n/--names to print names instead of IDs.
Filter by time with --since <timestamp or duration> (for example --since 10m) and --until <timestamp or duration>.
Known gotchas
podman logs performs a batch retrieval of whatever logs exist at execution time, so running it immediately after podman run may return nothing yet; use -f to follow.
If the container is removed while following (for example podman run --rm or a manual podman rm), the log file may be deleted before the final content is read.
--latest/-l is unavailable on the remote client (macOS/Windows excluding WSL2) and can select another user's container.
--since and --until accept unix timestamps, RFC3339 dates, or Go duration strings computed relative to the client clock.
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