$catreg = "^(<[A-Za-z0-9]+>)*
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$catreg = "^(<[A-Za-z0-9]+>)*(<[A-Za-z0-9]+>)*([A-Za-z0-9]+)";
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if ( m!$catreg! ) {
print "found(pre) $cat\n";
print STDERR "checking for cat :$3:\n";
$cat = $catlist{$3};
print "cat == $cat\n";
next;
}