---
name: "nfacct"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "nfacct"
version: "1.0.2-5"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nfacct"
---

# nfacct(8)

command line tool to create/retrieve/delete accounting objects

## NAME

nfacct - command line tool to create/retrieve/delete accounting objects

## SYNOPSIS

**nfacct command \[name\] \[options\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**nfacct** is the command line tool that allows to manipulate the Netfilter's extended accounting infrastructure.

## COMMANDS

These commands specify the action that nfacct performs. Only one of them can be specified at any given time.

- **list**

  List the existing accounting object in table.

- **restore**

  Restore accounting object table by reading from stdin. Input format is the one used as output by the list command.

- **add**

  Add new accounting object.

- **delete**

  Delete accounting object.

- **get**

  Get existing accounting object.

- **flush**

  Delete all unused accounting objects.

- **version**

  Displays the version information.

- **help**

  Displays the help message.

## OPTIONS

- This tool also allows a couple of options with the get and list commands that are:

  - **reset**

  That atomically obtains and resets the counters.

- **xml**

  That displays the output in XML format. **json**  That displays the output in JSON format.

## SEE ALSO

[**iptables**(8)](/iptables/8.md)

## BUGS

Please, report them to netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org or file a bug in Netfilter's bugzilla (https://bugzilla.netfilter.org).

## AUTHORS

Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote and maintains the nfacct tool.

Man page written by Pablo Neira Ayuso \<pablo@netfilter.org\>.