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authorOpenShift Merge Robot <openshift-merge-robot@users.noreply.github.com>2019-10-04 07:30:27 -0700
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Merge pull request #3549 from marcov/evict-container
Add ability to evict a container
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@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ podman\-rm - Remove one or more containers
**podman container rm** [*options*] *container*
## DESCRIPTION
-**podman rm** will remove one or more containers from the host. The container name or ID can be used. This does not remove images. Running containers will not be removed without the `-f` option
+**podman rm** will remove one or more containers from the host. The container name or ID can be used. This does not remove images.
+Running or unusable containers will not be removed without the `-f` option.
## OPTIONS
@@ -19,9 +20,11 @@ Remove all containers. Can be used in conjunction with -f as well.
**--force**, **-f**
-Force the removal of running and paused containers. Forcing a containers removal also
+Force the removal of running and paused containers. Forcing a container removal also
removes containers from container storage even if the container is not known to podman.
Containers could have been created by a different container engine.
+In addition, forcing can be used to remove unusable containers, e.g. containers
+whose OCI runtime has become unavailable.
**--latest**, **-l**