I'm not sure you'll find a regexp-way to solve this in an accurate way.
You might want to process/validate the entry you get with DateTime::Event::Cron, somehow similar to the following: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use DateTime::Event::Cron;

my @crontab = ( '*/3 15 1-10 3,4,5 */2',
                '* * * * 1-4,5-7,11,20',
                '* * * 1-4,5-7,11,20 *',
                '* * 1-4,5-7,11,20 * *',
                '* 1-4,5-7,11,20 * * *',
                '1-4,5-7,11,20 * * * *',
              );

my $set;

foreach my $line (@crontab) {
    eval {
       $set = DateTime::Event::Cron->from_cron( $line );
    };
    print "$line: ", ($@ ? $@ : 'OK'), "\n";
}

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The output of which is 

*/3 15 1-10 3,4,5 */2: OK
* * * * 1-4,5-7,11,20: Field value (20) out of range (1-7)
* * * 1-4,5-7,11,20 *: Field value (20) out of range (1-12)
* * 1-4,5-7,11,20 * *: OK
* 1-4,5-7,11,20 * * *: OK
1-4,5-7,11,20 * * * *: OK

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which might be easier to handle/debug then the output of a regexp check.

Hth.

In reply to Re: simple pattern match ? by Krambambuli
in thread simple pattern match ? by Anonymous Monk

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