$XT_MULTI iptables-restore <<EOF
*filter
--A FORWARD -m comment --comment "appended rule" -j ACCEPT
+-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 4" -j ACCEPT
-I FORWARD 1 -m comment --comment "rule 1" -j ACCEPT
-I FORWARD 2 -m comment --comment "rule 2" -j ACCEPT
-I FORWARD 3 -m comment --comment "rule 3" -j ACCEPT
EXPECT='-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 1" -j ACCEPT
-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 2" -j ACCEPT
-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 3" -j ACCEPT
--A FORWARD -m comment --comment "appended rule" -j ACCEPT'
+-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 4" -j ACCEPT'
diff -u -Z <(echo -e "$EXPECT") <(ipt_show)
$XT_MULTI iptables-restore --noflush <<EOF
*filter
+-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 5" -j ACCEPT
-I FORWARD 1 -m comment --comment "rule 0.5" -j ACCEPT
-I FORWARD 3 -m comment --comment "rule 1.5" -j ACCEPT
-I FORWARD 5 -m comment --comment "rule 2.5" -j ACCEPT
-I FORWARD 7 -m comment --comment "rule 3.5" -j ACCEPT
--I FORWARD 9 -m comment --comment "appended rule 2" -j ACCEPT
+-I FORWARD 9 -m comment --comment "rule 4.5" -j ACCEPT
+-I FORWARD 11 -m comment --comment "rule 5.5" -j ACCEPT
+-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 6" -j ACCEPT
COMMIT
EOF
-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 2.5" -j ACCEPT
-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 3" -j ACCEPT
-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 3.5" -j ACCEPT
--A FORWARD -m comment --comment "appended rule" -j ACCEPT
--A FORWARD -m comment --comment "appended rule 2" -j ACCEPT'
+-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 4" -j ACCEPT
+-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 4.5" -j ACCEPT
+-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 5" -j ACCEPT
+-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 5.5" -j ACCEPT
+-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "rule 6" -j ACCEPT'
diff -u -Z <(echo -e "$EXPECT") <(ipt_show)
$XT_MULTI iptables-restore --noflush <<EOF
*filter
+-A FORWARD -m comment --comment "appended rule 4" -j ACCEPT
+-D FORWARD 7
-D FORWARD -m comment --comment "appended rule 1" -j ACCEPT
-D FORWARD 3
-I FORWARD 3 -m comment --comment "manually replaced rule 2" -j ACCEPT