Inspect low-level metadata of a podman container, image, volume, network, or pod as JSON with podman inspect
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Documented steps
Run podman inspect <name-or-id> to return a JSON array of matching objects across all types (containers take precedence over same-named images).
Narrow the type with --type/-t: artifact, container, image, volume, network, pod, or all (default all).
Extract a single field with a Go template: podman inspect <id> --format '{{.State.Running}}' or podman inspect a04 --format '{{.ImageName}}'.
Use type-specific forms for richer options: podman container inspect, podman image inspect, podman network inspect, podman volume inspect, podman pod inspect.
See image size with podman image inspect --format 'size: {{.Size}}' <image>, or a container's OOM status with podman container inspect <c> --format '{{.State.OOMKilled}}'.
Known gotchas
--latest/-l is not available on the remote client (macOS/Windows except WSL2) and may pick up containers owned by other users on the host.
--size/-s is only meaningful for containers.
If a container and an image share the same name, the container JSON is returned by default — qualify with --type image to get the image.
When --format is given it is executed per result; JSON keys become template values.
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