DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=static
TYPE=Ethernet
IPADDR=10.9.0.200
NETMASK=255.255.0.0
GATEWAY=10.9.1.254

##</code><code>##

sub read_file {
  local $/ = undef;
  open FILE, $_[0] or die "Couldn't open file: $!";
  $_[1] = <FILE>;
  close FILE;

}