diff --git a/src/conf_regex_print.c b/src/conf_regex_print.c
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+/* this is a tool to print regexname regex pairs as input for re2r.
+   compile with gcc -I. src/conf_regex_print.c
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#define STDCONF(A, B, C) printf("%s %s\n", #A, B)
+
+int main() {
+#include "conf_regex.h"
+;
+}