---
name: "routel"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "iproute2"
version: "7.3.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/routel"
---

# routel(8)

list routes with pretty output format

## NAME

routel - list routes with pretty output format

## SYNOPSIS

**routel** \[ *OPTIONS* \] \[ *tablenr* \[ *ip route options...* \] \]

*OPTIONS* := { **-h** \| **--help** \| \[{**-f** \| **--family** } {**inet** \| **inet6** } \| **-4** \| **-6** }

## DESCRIPTION

The routel script will list routes in a format that some might consider easier to interpret then the **ip** route list equivalent.

## AUTHORS

Rewritten by Stephen Hemminger \<stephen@networkplumber.org\>.\
 Original script by Stephen R. van den Berg \<srb@cuci.nl\>.\
 This manual page was written by Andreas Henriksson  \<andreas@fatal.se\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

## SEE ALSO

[ip(8)](/ip/8.md)