IPTABLES-SAVE(8)                         iptables 1.4.21                         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 eas‐
       ily parseable format to STDOUT. Use I/O-redirection provided by your shell to write  to  a
       file.

       -M modprobe_program
              Specify  the  path  to the modprobe program. By default, iptables-save will inspect
              /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine the executable'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 AT gnumonks.org>
       Rusty Russell <rusty AT rustcorp.au>
       Andras Kis-Szabo <kisza AT sch.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 1.4.21                                                                  IPTABLES-SAVE(8)