IPTABLES-SAVE(8) iptables 1.6.1 IPTABLES-SAVE(8)
NAME
iptables-save -- dump iptables rules to stdout
ip6tables-save -- dump iptables rules to stdout
SYNOPSIS
iptables-save [-M modprobe] [-c] [-t table]
ip6tables-save [-M modprobe] [-c] [-t table]
DESCRIPTION
iptables-save and ip6tables-save are used to dump the contents of IP or IPv6 Table in easily parseable format to STDOUT. Use I/O-redirect-
ion provided by your shell to write to a file.
-M, --modprobe modprobe_program
Specify the path to the modprobe program. By default, iptables-save will inspect /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine the exe-
cutable's path.
-c, --counters
include the current values of all packet and byte counters in the output
-t, --table tablename
restrict output to only one table. If not specified, output includes all available tables.
BUGS
None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
AUTHORS
Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Andras Kis-Szabo <kisza@sch.bme.hu> contributed ip6tables-save.
SEE ALSO
iptables-apply(8),iptables-restore(8), iptables(8)
The iptables-HOWTO, which details more iptables usage, the NAT-HOWTO, which details NAT, and the netfilter-hacking-HOWTO which details the
internals.
iptables 1.6.1 IPTABLES-SAVE(8)
