.TH IPTABLES-SAVE 8 "" "@PACKAGE_STRING@" "@PACKAGE_STRING@"

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.SH NAME

iptables-save \(em dump iptables rules

.P

ip6tables-save \(em dump iptables rules

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBiptables\-save\fP [\fB\-M\fP \fImodprobe\fP] [\fB\-c\fP]

[\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] [\fB\-f\fP \fIfilename\fP]

.P

\fBip6tables\-save\fP [\fB\-M\fP \fImodprobe\fP] [\fB\-c\fP]

[\fB\-t\fP \fItable\fP] [\fB\-f\fP \fIfilename\fP]

.SH DESCRIPTION

.PP

.B iptables-save

and

.B ip6tables-save

are used to dump the contents of IP or IPv6 Table in easily parseable format

either to STDOUT or to a specified file.

.TP

\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-modprobe\fR \fImodprobe_program\fP

Specify the path to the modprobe program. By default, iptables-save will

inspect /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine the executable's path.

.TP

\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR \fIfilename\fP

Specify a filename to log the output to. If not specified, iptables-save

will log to STDOUT.

.TP

\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-counters\fR

include the current values of all packet and byte counters in the output

.TP

\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-table\fR \fItablename\fP

restrict output to only one table. If not specified, output includes all

available tables.

.SH BUGS

None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release

.SH AUTHORS

Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>

.br

Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

.br

Andras Kis-Szabo <kisza@sch.bme.hu> contributed ip6tables-save.

.SH SEE ALSO

\fBiptables\-restore\fP(8), \fBiptables\fP(8)

.PP

The iptables-HOWTO, which details more iptables usage, the NAT-HOWTO,

which details NAT, and the netfilter-hacking-HOWTO which details the

internals.