How to execute a Bash command only if a Docker container with a given name does not exist?

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You can check for non-existence of a running container by grepping for a <name> and fire it up later on like this:

[ ! "$(docker ps -a | grep <name>)" ] && docker run -d --name <name> <image>

Better:

Make use of https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/ps/ and check if an exited container blocks, so you can remove it first prior to run the container:

if [ ! "$(docker ps -a -q -f name=<name>)" ]; then
    if [ "$(docker ps -aq -f status=exited -f name=<name>)" ]; then
        # cleanup
        docker rm <name>
    fi
    # run your container
    docker run -d --name <name> my-docker-image
fi

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