NAME

       iptables-save — dump iptables rules

       ip6tables-save — dump iptables rules

SYNOPSIS

       iptables-save [-M modprobe] [-c] [-t table] [-f filename]

       ip6tables-save [-M modprobe] [-c] [-t table] [-f filename]

DESCRIPTION

       iptables-save  and  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.

       -M, --modprobe 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.

       -f, --file filename
              Specify a filename to log the output to. If not specified, iptables-save will log to STDOUT.

       -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 the kernel is configured with automatic module loading, an
              attempt will be made to load the appropriate module for that table if it is not already there.
              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.