On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Voytek Eymont <[email protected]> wrote:

> how can I output a config file with only the valid directives, but not all
> the '#' commented lines ?
>
> # cat /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config
>
> # Load additional iptables modules (nat helpers)
> #   Default: -none-
> # Space separated list of nat helpers (e.g. 'ip_nat_ftp ip_nat_irc'), which
> # are loaded after the firewall rules are applied. Options for the helpers
> are
> # stored in /etc/modules.conf.
> IPTABLES_MODULES=""
> ....
>
> so to get only
> IPTABLES_MODULES=""
> ...
>

egrep -v "^#" /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config >
/etc/sysconfig/iptables-config_tmp


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