IPTABLES-SAVE

NAME

iptables-save — dump iptables rules to stdout

SYNOPSIS

iptables−save [−M modprobe] [−c] [−t table]

DESCRIPTION

iptables-save is used to dump the contents of an IP Table in easily 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

AUTHOR

Harald Welte <laforge AT gnumonks DOT org>

SEE ALSO

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.