[Perl] Regex for verifying a URL

[Shlomi Fish]

I need a simple Perl 5 regular expression for verifying that a URL is
valid.

I need to check the validity of the DNS host (just make sure it is a
valid dot-separated list of domains) and to verify the path against the
format proposed by the URL standard.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish



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