NOTE: You must enter an escape sequence (CNTL+v) 
prior to entering the ? regular expression.
• [ ] = (brackets) matches a range of single-character 
patterns.
• ^ = (caret) matches the beginning of the input string. (If you 
use the caret at the beginning of a sequence or range, it 
matches on everything BUT the characters specified.)
• $ = (dollar sign) matches the end of the output string.
• _ = (underscore) matches a comma (,), left brace ({), right 
brace (}), left parenthesis, right parenthesis, the beginning of 
the input string, the end of the input string, or a space.
• | = (pipe) matches either character.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes COMMUNITY-LIST
Usage 
Information
The regular expression must match part of the ASCII-text in the AS-PATH attribute of the BGP 
route.
Command History
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
pre-Version 
6.1.1.0
Introduced on the E-Series.
ip community-list
Enter COMMUNITY-LIST mode and create an IP community-list for BGP.
E-Series, S4810
Syntax
ip community-list comm-list-name
To delete a community-list, use the no ip community-list comm-list-name 
command.
Parameters
comm-list-name
Enter a text string as the name of the community-list, up to 140 
characters.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.8.1.0 Increased the name string to accept up to 140 characters. Prior to 
7.8.1.0, names are up to 16 characters long.
pre-Version 
6.1.1.0
Introduced on the E-Series.
Example
FTOS(conf)#ip community-list TestComList
FTOS(config-community-list)#
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