# man > IPTABLES-RESTORE(8)

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## NAME
       iptables-restore — Restore IP Tables

       ip6tables-restore — Restore IPv6 Tables

## SYNOPSIS
       **iptables-restore **[**-chntvV**] [**-w _**seconds_] [**-M _**modprobe_] [**-T _**name_] [_file_]

       **ip6tables-restore **[**-chntvV**] [**-w _**seconds_] [**-M _**modprobe_] [**-T _**name_] [_file_]

## DESCRIPTION
       **iptables-restore **and **ip6tables-restore **are used to restore IP and IPv6 Tables from data spec‐
       ified  on STDIN or in _file_. Use I/O redirection provided by your shell to read from a file or
       specify _file_ as an argument.

### -c --counters
              Restore the values of all packet and byte counters.

### -h --help
              Print a short option summary.

### -n --noflush
              Don't flush the previous contents of the table. If not specified, both commands  flush
              (delete) all previous contents of the respective table.

### -t --test
              Only parse and construct the ruleset, but do not commit it.

### -v --verbose
              Print  additional debug info during ruleset processing.  Specify multiple times to in‐
              crease debug level.

### -V --version
              Print the program version number.

### -w --wait 
              Wait for the xtables lock.  To prevent multiple instances of the program from  running
              concurrently,  an  attempt will be made to obtain an exclusive lock at launch.  By de‐
              fault, the program will exit if the lock cannot be obtained.  This  option  will  make
              the  program  wait (indefinitely or for optional _seconds_) until the exclusive lock can
              be obtained.

### -M --modprobe _
              Specify the path to the [modprobe(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/modprobe/8/markdown) program. By default, iptables-restore will inspect
              _/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe_ to determine the executable's path.

### -T --table _
              Restore only the named table even if the input stream contains other ones.

## BUGS
       None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release

## AUTHORS
       Harald Welte <<laforge@gnumonks.org>> wrote iptables-restore based on code from Rusty Russell.
       Andras Kis-Szabo <<kisza@sch.bme.hu>> contributed ip6tables-restore.

## SEE ALSO
       [**iptables-apply**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/iptables-apply/8/markdown), [**iptables-save**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/iptables-save/8/markdown), [**iptables**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/iptables/8/markdown)

       The iptables-HOWTO, which details more iptables usage, the NAT-HOWTO, which details NAT,  and
       the netfilter-hacking-HOWTO which details the internals.

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