Hi Athanasius, Sadly the code does not seem not work the way i hoped. Can you help me out further? 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
use strict;
use warnings;

my $CONFIGFILE = $ARGV[0];
open(FILE, $CONFIGFILE) || die "file not found\n";

my @block;
my $in_block = 0;

while (<FILE>)
{
        if (/^interface/)
        {
                push @block, $_;
                $in_block = 1;
        }
        elsif ($in_block)
        {
                if (/^!/)
                {
                        print for (@block, $_);
                        @block = ();
                        $in_block = 0;
                }
                else
                {
                        push @block, $_;
                }
        }
}


######### OUTPUT OF SCRIPT ############

interface Port-channel1
 description HIS51-10
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk native vlan 100
 switchport mode trunk
 storm-control broadcast level 1.00
 storm-control multicast level 1.00
 spanning-tree guard loop
!
interface FastEthernet0
 no ip address
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1
 switchport access vlan 100
 shutdown
 spanning-tree portfast
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/2
 description Internet Swisscom
 switchport access vlan 100
 speed 1000
 duplex full
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/3
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/4
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/5
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/6
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/7
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/8
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/9
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/10
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/11
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/12
 description A-CHHER-IF01-1 /4
 switchport access vlan 100
 spanning-tree portfast
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/13
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/14
 description A-CHHER-IF01-2 /4
 switchport access vlan 100
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/15
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/16
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/17
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/18
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/19
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/20
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk native vlan 100
 switchport mode trunk
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/21
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/22
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/23
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/24
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/1/1
 description HIS51-10 G1/1/1
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk native vlan 100
 switchport mode trunk
 queue-set 2
 priority-queue out 
 mls qos trust dscp
 storm-control broadcast level 1.00
 storm-control multicast level 1.00
 spanning-tree guard loop
 channel-protocol lacp
 channel-group 1 mode active
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/1/2
 description HIS51-10 G1/1/2
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk native vlan 100
 switchport mode trunk
 queue-set 2
 priority-queue out 
 mls qos trust dscp
 storm-control broadcast level 1.00
 storm-control multicast level 1.00
 spanning-tree guard loop
 channel-protocol lacp
 channel-group 1 mode active
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/1/3
 shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/1/4
 shutdown
!
interface TenGigabitEthernet1/1/1
!
interface TenGigabitEthernet1/1/2
!
interface Vlan1
 no ip address
 no ip route-cache
 shutdown

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