Regex with multiple lines before end line -

hello guys have question, have string this:

interface gigabitethernet0/3/0/0  description physicalinterface ! interface gigabitethernet0/3/0/0.100  description vlan100  dot1q vlan 100 ! multicast-routing  address-family ipv4  interface tengige0/2/0/0.3880    ! disable interface under multicast-routing section:    disable   ! router static  address-family ipv4 unicast   gigabitethernet0/3/1/4.3999 192.168.100.105 

so use select between: interface , ! like:

interface gigabitethernet0/3/0/0      description physicalinterface     !  interface gigabitethernet0/3/0/0.100      description vlan100      dot1q vlan 100     !   interface tengige0/2/0/0.3880        !  

i have tried many different ways:

interface(.*?)\n (interface(.*?)|\n{2,}) 

etc(i have forgotten every other ways) recommend guys?

in order match text including newlines between 2 strings, need use lazy dot matching technique dotall (or in other terminology, singleline) modifier: .*?.

when using pcre regex patterns (sublimetext uses regex flavor), can use inline version of modifier: (?s).

lazy dot matching ensures match between start , leftmost end boundary. 1 q matched in 1 q 4q 1.*?q pattern. greedy matching, 1.*q, match whole string.

so, in case, can use following regex:

(?s)interface.*?! |1 |   2     |3|4 

here,

1. the inline dotall modifier
2. starting boundary, literal interface string
3. lazy dot maching construct
4. literal ! end boundary