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Maybe something as simple as this?

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use strict;

while (<DATA>) {
  if (/Host System [^#]/) {
    print "$_";
  }
}
    
__DATA__
Status Host Pluto up
Host System Pluto 10.1.4.11
Host System Mars IP 10.1.3.10
Status Host Jupiter down
Host System #neptune IP 10.10.10.10
Disk load Mars imminent
Host System Venus IP 12.1.2.13.14

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Re^2: Pattern problem
by mk. (Friar) on Jan 27, 2006 at 14:33 UTC
    or simply 
    perl -ne 'print if /Host System [^#]/;' records.txt

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    grrr.... argh!
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perl -pe 's/(Host System [^#].+)|.+/$1/gs' records.txt

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