#===  FUNCTION  ================================================================
#         NAME: check_value
#  DESCRIPTION: Checks a value against a list of regular expressions
#   PARAMETERS: 1 - the value to be checked
#               2..n - valid Bash regular expressions
#      RETURNS: 0 if the value checks, otherwise 1
#===============================================================================
check_value () {
    local value="${1?Usage: check_value value list_of_regex}"
    local matches=0

    #
    # Drop parameter 1 then there should be more
    #
    shift
    if [[ $# == 0 ]]; then
        echo "Usage: check_value value list_of_regex"
        return 1
    fi

    #
    # Loop through the regex args checking the value, counting matches
    #
    while [[ $# -ge 1 ]]
    do
        if [[ $value =~ $1 ]]; then
            (( matches++ ))
        fi
        shift
    done

    #
    # No matches, then the value is bad
    #
    if [[ $matches == 0 ]]; then
        return 1
    else
        return 0
    fi
}