1IPTABLES-SAVE(8)                iptables 1.4.21               IPTABLES-SAVE(8)
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NAME

6       iptables-save — dump iptables rules to stdout
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8       ip6tables-save — dump iptables rules to stdout
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SYNOPSIS

11       iptables-save [-M,--modprobe modprobe] [-c] [-t table]
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13       ip6tables-save [-M,--modprobe modprobe] [-c] [-t table]
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DESCRIPTION

16       iptables-save and ip6tables-save are used to dump the contents of IP or
17       IPv6 Table in easily parseable format to  STDOUT.  Use  I/O-redirection
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20       -M,--modprobe modprobe_program
21              Specify  the path to the modprobe program. By default, iptables-
22              save will inspect  /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe  to  determine  the
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25       -c, --counters
26              include  the  current  values of all packet and byte counters in
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30              restrict output to only one  table.  If  not  specified,  output
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BUGS

34       None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
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AUTHORS

37       Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
38       Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
39       Andras Kis-Szabo <kisza@sch.bme.hu> contributed ip6tables-save.
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SEE ALSO

42       iptables-restore(8), iptables(8)
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44       The  iptables-HOWTO,  which details more iptables usage, the NAT-HOWTO,
45       which details NAT, and the netfilter-hacking-HOWTO  which  details  the
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50iptables 1.4.21                                               IPTABLES-SAVE(8)