gistfile1.txt

// String I want to match: "SWI9600M_01\\.00\\.09\\.03AP R2492 CARMD-EN-10526 2011/07/01 19:31:09\n"

int validate_string_with_regex(const char *string, const char *regex_str) {
	regex_t regex;

	/* Compile regular expression */
	int reti = regcomp(&regex, regex_str, REG_EXTENDED);
	if (reti != 0) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Could not compile regex\n");
		return reti;
	}

	/* Execute regular expression */
	reti = regexec(&regex, string, 0, NULL, 0);

	return reti;
}