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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import subprocess
+import re
+
+
+def gather_tables():
+    tables = ['filter', 'nat', 'mangle', 'raw']
+    re_chain = re.compile('^Chain')
+    re_header = re.compile('^num')
+    re_blankline = re.compile('^(?:^ *\n)$')
+
+    byte_lines = []
+    packet_lines = []
+
+    for ip_proto in ["iptables", "ip6tables"]:
+        packet_metric_name = f"{ip_proto}_packets_total"
+        byte_metric_name = f"{ip_proto}_bytes_total"
+
+        byte_lines.append(f'# HELP {packet_metric_name} packet counters for {ip_proto} rules.')
+        byte_lines.append(f'# TYPE {packet_metric_name} counter')
+
+        packet_lines.append(f'# HELP {byte_metric_name} byte counters for {ip_proto} rules.')
+        packet_lines.append(f'# TYPE {byte_metric_name} counter')
+
+        for table in tables:
+            # Run iptables with the following options:
+            # -L: Listing all rules for chain
+            # -n: Numeric lookup
+            # -v: Verbose output
+            # -x: Exact values
+            # -t table: Specified table table
+            # --line-numbers: Show line numbers
+            cmd = [f'/sbin/{ip_proto}', '-L', '-n', '-v', '-x', '-t', table, "--line-numbers"]
+            proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+            for line in proc.stdout.readlines():
+                line = line.decode('utf8')
+
+                if re_blankline.match(str(line)):
+                    continue
+
+                line_pieces = line.split()
+
+                # Check if line is the beginning of a chain
+                if re_chain.match(str(line_pieces[0])):
+                    l_chain_name = line_pieces[1]
+                    continue
+
+                # Check if the line is the header for the given chain
+                if re_header.match(str(line_pieces[0])):
+                    continue
+
+                l_line_number = line_pieces[0]
+                l_packets = line_pieces[1]
+                l_bytes = line_pieces[2]
+                l_target = line_pieces[3]
+                l_prot = line_pieces[4]
+                l_in = line_pieces[6]
+                l_out = line_pieces[7]
+                l_src = line_pieces[8]
+                l_dest = line_pieces[9]
+                l_options = ' '.join(line_pieces[10:]).replace('"', '\\"')
+
+                labels = [f"table=\"{table}\"",
+                          f"chain=\"{l_chain_name}\"",
+                          f"line_number=\"{l_line_number}\"",
+                          f"target=\"{l_target}\"",
+                          f"prot=\"{l_prot}\"",
+                          f"in=\"{l_in}\"",
+                          f"out=\"{l_out}\"",
+                          f"chain=\"{l_dest}\"",
+                          f"src=\"{l_src}\""
+                          f"line_number=\"{l_dest}\"",
+                          f"options=\"{l_options}\""
+                          ]
+
+                # To the best of my knowledge, this can't be an fstring
+                byte_lines.append(
+                    '%s_packets_total{%s} %s' %
+                    (packet_metric_name, ','.join(labels), l_packets)
+                )
+
+                packet_lines.append(
+                    '%s{%s} %s' %
+                    (byte_metric_name, ','.join(labels), l_bytes))
+
+    return (f"{'\n'.join(packet_lines)}"
+            "\n"
+            f"{'\n'.join(byte_lines)}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(gather_tables())