ep_svr__<3 letters>_<3 letters>_ #!/usr/bin/perl if ($ARGV[0] =~ m/^ep_svr_\d+_[A-Za-z]{3}_[A-Za-z]{3}_\.+\z/x) { print "valid label: $ARGV[0]\n"; } else { print "invalid label: $ARGV[0]\n"; };