now I tried changing $/ to "domain.com" and it's a little closer. Actually _almost_ there:

#!/usr/bin/perl

$file = shift;

open(LOG, $file) or die "Couldn't open $file: $!\n";
local $/ = "cisco.com\n";
while (<LOG>) {
        print "================BLAH================\n$_\n";
}

close(LOG);
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Resulting output:

abc1-wl-wlc1.domain.com

================BLAH================

Successful downloads: 0
Failed downloads: 1
Warnings: 0

Detailed Log Info

General Expect Errors: 1
Text Dump Failure: 1
Binary Transfer Successful: 1
Attempts to get Text Dump: 1
Attempts to use TFTP: 1
Attempted binary transfers: 1

Textual log of the file transfer:
Processing abc1-wl-wlc1.domain.com Performing [/usr/bin/ssh -2 -a -o "
+StrictHostKeyChecking no" abc1-wl-wlc1.domain.com] Exception: 3:Child
+ PID 20854 exited with status 256 at /usr/SD/perl-5.6.1/lib/site_perl
/EMAN/Config/DeviceConfig/WLC.pm line 288, line 62. ExpectLog: Sorry, 
+telnet is not allowed on this port!Connection to abc1-wl-wlc1.domain.
+com closed. Performing TFTP using SNMP: DestHost [x.x.x.x] Com
munity [private] agentTransferUploadServerIP [x.x.x.x] agentTransferUp
+loadFilename [x.x.x.x.UCFM.18433] Exception: 3:Child PID 20854 exited
+ with status 256 at /usr/SD/perl-5.6.1/lib/site_perl/
EMAN/Config/DeviceConfig/WLC.pm line 288, line 62. Updating CVS

abc1-wl-wlc2.domain.com

================BLAH================

Successful downloads: 0
Failed downloads: 1
Warnings: 0

Detailed Log Info

General Expect Errors: 1
Text Dump Failure: 1
Binary Transfer Successful: 1
Attempts to get Text Dump: 1
Attempts to use TFTP: 1
Attempted binary transfers: 1

Textual log of the file transfer:
Processing abc1-wl-wlc2.cisco.com Performing [/usr/bin/ssh -2 -a -o "S
+trictHostKeyChecking no" abc1-wl-wlc2.domain.com] Exception: 3:Child 
+PID 20855 exited with status 256 at /usr/SD/perl-5.6.1/lib/site_perl
/EMAN/Config/DeviceConfig/WLC.pm line 288, line 58. ExpectLog: Sorry, 
+telnet is not allowed on this port!Connection to abc1-wl-wlc2.domain.
+com closed. Performing TFTP using SNMP: DestHost [x.x.x.x] Com
munity [tasMANia] agentTransferUploadServerIP [x.x.x.x] agentTransferU
+ploadFilename [x.x.x.x.UCFM.18441] Exception: 3:Child PID 20855 exite
+d with status 256 at /usr/SD/perl-5.6.1/lib/site_perl/
EMAN/Config/DeviceConfig/WLC.pm line 288, line 58. Updating CVS
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The correct hostname needs to be in between the blah's - right now BLAH comes right after the correct hostname for the section :/