tc-basic(8)

tc-basic8

Basic traffic control filter

Usage

tc filter ... basic [match EMATCH_TREE] [action ACTION_SPEC] [classid CLASSID]

Overview

The basic filter allows one to classify packets using the extended match infrastructure.

Options

action ACTION_SPEC

Apply an action from the generic actions framework on matching packets.

classid CLASSID

Push matching packets into the class identified by CLASSID.

match EMATCH_TREE

Match packets using the extended match infrastructure. See tc-ematch(8) for a detailed description of the allowed syntax in EMATCH_TREE.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 9–11
  2. 12–Arch

From iproute2 7.3.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.