bionic (8) iptables-converter.8.gz

Provided by: iptables-converter_0.9.8-1_all bug

NAME
       iptables-converter - program to convert iptables commands from file to iptables-restore format


SYNOPSIS
       iptables-converter [-s iptables-plain-file]


DESCRIPTION
       The iptables-converter takes a regular file containing a series of iptables invocations and converts such
       a sequence to a format compatible with the iptables-restore command. No attempt is made  to  reorder  the
       sequence of the commands, especially nothing in the input is interpreted in any way.  All input lines not
       starting with "iptables" or "/sbin/iptables" are ignored. Any input lines starting with "#"  are  treated
       as comments and therefore are ignored.

       if  iptables-converter  is  run  without any arguments, it tries to read a file named "rules" in workdir.
       That's the tribute to my way of doing.

       Output generally is send to stdout for your convienience and nowhere else. So  you  can  inspect  it  and
       write to file for later feeding the iptables-restore command.

       Something  needs  to  be  mentioned:  iptables  -E  intellectually  still  is an unsolved problem and not
       implemented for now, sorry. Thank you for any hints of how to do it, I  can't  imagine  because  of  some
       lacks in my brain.


EXIT STATUS
       Normally  iptables-converter  returns  a  value  of  0.   In  accidential case of errors exit status 1 is
       returned. For example, if there are shell variables or  shell  functions  in  the  inputfile,  these  are
       treated as error, which is reported. To avoid these, execute your scripts and feed their output as a file
       to iptables-converter.


VERSIONS
       iptables-converter should be compatibe to any iptables implementations out in the wild. If not,  keep  me
       informed, thanks. I'll do my very best.


OPTIONS
       -s filename This option gives you a chance to take another filename instaed of "rules"


AUTHOR
       Johannes Hubertz <johannes@hubertz.de> wrote this in 2013, 2014, 2015.  Any comments welcome anytime.


SEE ALSO
       iptables(8) iptables-save(8) iptables-restore(8)