Don't use a regex. Parse the file line by line. 
my %leases;
my $curr_lease;
while (<FH>)
{
    # We're done with the current lease
    if (/}/)
    {
        $curr_lease = '';
    }

    elsif (/^lease (\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})/
    {
        $current_lease = $1;
        $leases{$current_lease} = {};
    }

    elsif (/^\s+(starts|ends) (\d) (\d(4)\/\d{2}\/\d{2}) (\d{2}:\d{2}:
+\d{2})/)
    {
        $leases{$current_lease}{$1} = {
            num  => $2,
            date => $3,
            time => $4,
        };
    }

    elsif (/^\s+(hardware) (\w+) ([^;]+)/)
    {
        $leases{$current_lease}{$1} = {
            type => $2,
            id => $3,
        };
    }

    elsif ((my @vals = split) == 2)
    {
        $leases{$current_lease}{$vals[0]} = $vals[1];
    }

    else
    {
        chomp;
        print "I don't know what to do with '$_'\n";
    }
}

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Now, you have all the leases in %leases, keyed by IP number. :-)

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In reply to Re: newb regular expression question by dragonchild
in thread newb regular expression question by Anonymous Monk

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