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hardkubectl

Block until a pod reaches the Ready state or the timeout expires

command

kubectl wait pod POD_NAME --for=condition=Ready --timeout=60s

also accepted

kubectl wait podkubectl wait pod POD_NAME --for=condition=Ready

Command breakdown

Part of the Kubernetes CLI (kubectl) — Pods category.

kubectlwaitpodPOD_NAME--for=condition=Ready--timeout=60s

Flag	Purpose
`--for`	Set to: condition=Ready
`--timeout`	Set to: 60s

More Pods commands

List all pods in the current namespacekubectl get pods
List all pods across every namespace in the clusterkubectl get pods --all-namespaces
Show detailed information including events and conditions for a specific podkubectl describe pod POD_NAME
Delete a specific pod from the current namespacekubectl delete pod POD_NAME
Open an interactive shell session inside a running pod containerkubectl exec -it POD_NAME -- /bin/sh
Print the stdout logs from a specific pod containerkubectl logs POD_NAME
Forward a local port to a port on a specific pod for debugging accesskubectl port-forward pod/POD_NAME LOCAL_PORT:REMOTE_PORT
Copy files between a pod container and the local filesystemkubectl cp POD_NAME:REMOTE_PATH LOCAL_PATH

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