#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; print "please enter the domain name: "; chomp (my $targetdomain = ); my $file = "named.conf"; # copied to my home folder rename $file, "$file.bak" or die "Can't rename file '$file': $!\n"; open my $in, '<', "$file.bak" or die "Can't read file '$file': $!\n"; open my $out, '>', $file or die "Can't write file '$file': $!\n"; my $comment = 0; my $block = 0; while(<$in>) { if (/^zone\s+"$targetdomain"/) { $comment++; $block += () = /(\{)/g; # print $out '// '.$_; next; } if($comment) { $block += () = /(\{)/g; s!^!// ! if $comment or $block; $block -= () = /(\})/g; unless ($block) { $comment = 0; next; } } print $out $_ unless $comment; }