iptables-tests: add % to run iptables commands

Lines starting by % allows you to run iptables commands, use it for
rateest test.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/iptables-test.py b/iptables-test.py
index 7858f187..34a04042 100755
--- a/iptables-test.py
+++ b/iptables-test.py
@@ -227,6 +227,14 @@ def run_test_file(filename, netns):
             execute_cmd(external_cmd, filename, lineno)
             continue
 
+        # external iptables invocation, executed as is.
+        if line[0] == "%":
+            external_cmd = line.rstrip()[1:]
+            if netns:
+                external_cmd = "ip netns exec ____iptables-container-test " + EXECUTEABLE + " " + external_cmd
+            execute_cmd(external_cmd, filename, lineno)
+            continue
+
         if line[0] == "*":
             table = line.rstrip()[1:]
             continue