xt_geoip_query(1)

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💖 xt_geoip_query — dump a country database to stdout 💖

okay bestie, so this one lives in the xtables-addons manual set, section 1 (that's user commands, iykyk). it's called xt_geoip_query and honestly? it's giving "let me just show you the goods". 🎀

✨ SYNTAX ✨

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

no cap, that's the whole shape of it. flags first, then one or more country codes. periodt. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what does it actually do? xt_geoip_query reads a country's IPv4 or IPv6 databases and dumps them straight to standard output as a sorted, non-overlapping list of ranges — which, fun fact, is exactly how they're represented in the database in the first place. so it's not doing any fancy remixing, it's just showing you the truth. 🦋

and it's perfect for browsing, or for feeding into further processing. main character energy for your shell pipelines. ✨

  • -D database_dir — tells it which directory the files have been put into. defaults to . (yes, literally just the current dir, she's low maintenance).
  • -4 — IPv4 data only, bestie. 🍓
  • -6 — IPv6 data only. 🌈
  • cc [ cc ... ] — the ISO 3166 country code names of the desired countries' databases. so like ch, us, de… you can pass more than one, go off. 👑
ngl the vibes here are extremely "read-only, harmless, safe to run". it dumps, it doesn't touch. 💖

🎀 APPLICATION 🎀

here's the shell command to dump the list of Swiss IPv6 address ranges — a certified classic:

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

see how it all comes together? -D for where, -6 for the v6 girlies, ch for Switzerland. ate. 🔥

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • xt_geoip_build(1) — the one that makes the databases in the first place. the prequel. 🧚

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 this little cutie comes from xtables-addons, dated 2020-04-30, and it is genuinely, unironically iconic. go dump some ranges. slay. 💜✨

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