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diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/pods/start.go b/cmd/podmanV2/pods/start.go
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+package pods
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podmanV2/parse"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podmanV2/registry"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podmanV2/utils"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/domain/entities"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var (
+	podStartDescription = `The pod name or ID can be used.
+
+  All containers defined in the pod will be started.`
+	startCommand = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "start [flags] POD [POD...]",
+		Short: "Start one or more pods",
+		Long:  podStartDescription,
+		RunE:  start,
+		Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			return parse.CheckAllLatestAndCIDFile(cmd, args, false, false)
+		},
+		Example: `podman pod start podID
+  podman pod start --latest
+  podman pod start --all`,
+	}
+)
+
+var (
+	startOptions = entities.PodStartOptions{}
+)
+
+func init() {
+	registry.Commands = append(registry.Commands, registry.CliCommand{
+		Mode:    []entities.EngineMode{entities.ABIMode, entities.TunnelMode},
+		Command: startCommand,
+		Parent:  podCmd,
+	})
+
+	flags := startCommand.Flags()
+	flags.BoolVarP(&startOptions.All, "all", "a", false, "Restart all running pods")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&startOptions.Latest, "latest", "l", false, "Restart the latest pod podman is aware of")
+	if registry.IsRemote() {
+		_ = flags.MarkHidden("latest")
+	}
+}
+
+func start(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	var (
+		errs utils.OutputErrors
+	)
+	responses, err := registry.ContainerEngine().PodStart(context.Background(), args, startOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// in the cli, first we print out all the successful attempts
+	for _, r := range responses {
+		if len(r.Errs) == 0 {
+			fmt.Println(r.Id)
+		} else {
+			errs = append(errs, r.Errs...)
+		}
+	}
+	return errs.PrintErrors()
+}