xt_geoip_fetch(1)

Name

xt_geoip_fetch — dump a country database to stdout

Syntax

xt_geoip_fetch [-D database_dir] [-4] [-6] cc [ cc ... ]

Description

xt_geoip_fetch unpacks a country's IPv4 or IPv6 databases and dumps them to standard output as a sorted, non-overlaping list of ranges (which is how they're represented in the database) suitable for browsing or further processing.

-D database_dir
    Specifies the directory into which the files have been put. Defaults to ".".

-4  Specifies IPv4 data only.

-6  Specifies IPv6 data only.

cc [ cc ... ]
    The ISO-3166 country code names of the desired countries' databases.

Application

Shell command to dump the list of Swiss IPv6 address ranges:

xt_geoip_fetch -D /usr/share/xt_geoip -6 ch

See also

xt_geoip_build(1)