Already checked the manual on my system ... there's no counting support, the only thing relevant was --line-numbers, My code is here, for anyone who needed https://raw.github.com/CaledoniaProject/ipt_counting/master/ipt-count.c I just hope one day such feature would be included officially. On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Eliezer Croitoru <eliezer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey Aaron, > > I feel kind of odd but this should answer you: > http://linux.die.net/man/8/iptables > www.garron.me/linux/iptables-manual.html > > Eliezer > > > On 1/2/2013 3:48 PM, Aaron Lewis wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I want to know if I could get how many rules are present, i.e in >> filter table? >> >> Now I do `iptables -L | wc -l` like stuff, I know it's not right, >> but iptables itself doesn't seem to count rules anyway. >> >> I need this just to let user to know how many rules are present, >> without root privileges, and now being able to view actual rules. >> > -- Best Regards, Aaron Lewis - PGP: 0xDFE6C29E ( http://keyserver.veridis.com ) Finger Print: 9482 448F C7C3 896C 1DFE 7DD3 2492 A7D0 DFE6 C29E -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
