list elements of set

0x1 | nftables <[email protected]> Sat, 27 Sep 2025 10:06:46 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.firewalls.netfilter.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello everyone,

I would like to list all ipv4 elements of a named set. 

the set is named

mx_bans_cidr

the command i used:

sudo nft list set ip filter mx_bans_cidr

Error: No such file or directory
list set ip filter mx_bans_cidr


I followed the description from this page

https://wiki.nftables.org/wiki-nftables/index.php/Sets#Listing_named_sets


The query for element in a set is also not working.

I tried all kind of versions of the command, one that surprised me was:


sudo nft get element ip basetable filter mx_bans_cidr { *.*.*.* }

Error: syntax error, unexpected string, expecting '{' or '$'
get element ip basetable filter mx_bans_cidr { somefile-x.x.x.tar.gz
someotherfile-y.y.y.tar.gz }

Those are 2 files, that contain 4 dots in the filename, in the working
directory ?!


Thanks for any hint