I have this nagging, uncomfortable sense that I've not understood your question... but does this (simplified and not cargo-cult-able) code do what you intend?

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.016;

my @lines = ("RECORDNAME foo bar baz RECORDIP 127.2.2.1 \n", "RECORDNA
+ME 1 2 3 4 5 RECORDIP 127.1.1.1\n", "RECORDNAME abcd e fgh ij RECORDI
+P 127.0.0.1\n");
my $fqdn = qq/www.test.sample/;
my $address = qq/nowhere_ville/;

say @lines;
say "-" x10 . "\n";

my @newlines = '';

for $_(@lines) {
   $_ =~ s/RECORDNAME/$fqdn/;     #no need to /ee if your vars are sca
+lars
   $_ =~ s/RECORDIP/$address/;
   push(@newlines, $_);
}

say @newlines;

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OUTPUT: 
> perl 1081659.pl
RECORDNAME foo bar baz RECORDIP 127.2.2.1
RECORDNAME 1 2 3 4 5 RECORDIP 127.1.1.1
RECORDNAME abcd e fgh ij RECORDIP 127.0.0.1

----------

www.test.sample foo bar baz nowhere_ville 127.2.2.1
www.test.sample 1 2 3 4 5 nowhere_ville 127.1.1.1
www.test.sample abcd e fgh ij nowhere_ville 127.0.0.1

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If not, try re-reading your node and clarify (if you can infer it) whatever confused me. And read about quotelike operators ( perlop - scroll down to "Regexp Quote-Like Operators" and "Quote-Like Operators" ) for possibly useful information.


Questions containing the words "doesn't work" (or their moral equivalent) will usually get a downvote from me unless accompanied by:
  1. code
  2. verbatim error and/or warning messages
  3. a coherent explanation of what "doesn't work actually means.

In reply to Re: search and replace with a variable by ww
in thread search and replace with a variable by tronmason

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