How to list and delete iptables rules with line numbers

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If you are a Linux system administrator, many times you might wanted to list the iptables rules with line numbers and delete any rule with a particular line number. In this post we will see how we can list iptables rules with line numbers and how to delete a rule using line number

Listing iptables rules with line numbers
#iptables --list --line-numbers

Deleting a rule whose number is 3
#iptables -D INPUT 3

Thats it. Try to keep them in mind. They are very useful commands.