$ perl -MRegexp::Common -E 'say $RE{net}{MAC}' (?:(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,2}):(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,2}):(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,2}):(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,2}):(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,2}):(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,2}))