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
              Specify the path to the modprobe(8) 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.  No  module  loading  takes
              place, so in order to include a specific table in the output, the respective module
              (something like iptable_mangle or ip6table_raw) must be loaded first.

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.