# man > tc-xt(8)

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## NAME
       xt - tc iptables action

## SYNOPSIS
       **tc **... **action xt -j _**TARGET_ [ _TARGET_OPTS_ ]

## DESCRIPTION
       The  **xt  **action allows one to call arbitrary iptables targets for packets matching the filter
       this action is attached to.

## OPTIONS
### -j _
              Perform a jump to the given iptables target, optionally passing  any  target  specific
              options in _TARGET_OPTS_.

## EXAMPLES
       The  following  will attach a **u32 **filter to the **ingress **qdisc matching ICMP replies and using
       the **xt **action to make the kernel yell 'PONG' each time:

              tc qdisc add dev eth0 ingress
              tc filter add dev eth0 parent ffff: proto ip u32 \
                   match ip protocol 1 0xff \
                   match ip icmp_type 0 0xff \
                   action xt -j LOG --log-prefix PONG

## SEE ALSO
       [**tc**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tc/8/markdown), [**tc-u32**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tc-u32/8/markdown), [**iptables-extensions**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/iptables-extensions/8/markdown)

iproute2                                     3 Mar 2016                     _iptables_ _action_ _in_ [_tc_(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tc/8/markdown)