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+This module matches a set of source or destination ports. Up to 15
+ports can be specified. A port range (port:port) counts as two
+ports. It can only be used in conjunction with
+.B "-p tcp"
+or
+.BR "-p udp" .
+.TP
+[\fB!\fP] \fB--source-ports\fP,\fB--sport\fP \fIport\fP[\fB,\fP\fIport\fP|\fB,\fP\fIport\fP\fB:\fP\fIport\fP]...
+Match if the source port is one of the given ports. The flag
+.B --sports
+is a convenient alias for this option. Multiple ports or port ranges are
+separated using a comma, and a port range is specified using a colon.
+\fB53,1024:65535\fP would therefore match ports 53 and all from 1024 through
+65535.
+.TP
+[\fB!\fP] \fB--destination-ports\fP,\fB--dport\fP \fIport\fP[\fB,\fP\fIport\fP|\fB,\fP\fIport\fP\fB:\fP\fIport\fP]...
+Match if the destination port is one of the given ports. The flag
+.B --dports
+is a convenient alias for this option.
+.TP
+[\fB!\fP] \fB--ports\fP \fIport\fP[\fB,\fP\fIport\fP|\fB,\fP\fIport\fP\fB:\fP\fIport\fP]...
+Match if either the source or destination ports are equal to one of
+the given ports.