So, now I've changed things alittle, and re-defined my format. 

  system {
       host steve-1;
       domain-search  myhost.com myhost.net;
       time/zone Here/There;
       auth-order  my password;
       root-auth {
  #          enc-pwd "NOWAY"; #YOU CANT HAVE THIS
       }

  server {
       1.2.3.4;
       5.6.7.8;
  }

should look like: 


system host steve-1;
system domain-search  myhost.com myhost.net;
system time/zone Here/There;
system auth-order my password;    
       
.......blah, blah,blah

here's what I've got: } 

while (<>); {

if (/^system/) {
   @prepend = "system";

Now, what I'm trying to do is read between "{" and "}", prepend "system" and whitespace to each line. That is a rule that will apply to the entire config file. Anyone care to help a newbie out?

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