I have the following text in many files, standard Cisco switch stuff and I need to script something that will parse many text files and print if the command "spanning-tree guard root" is enabled on each interface. i.e. I want to search where is enabled, and return the file\interface in a print. 

 
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interface FastEthernet1/0/3
 switchport access vlan 300
 switchport mode access
 switchport port-security maximum 130
 switchport port-security
 switchport port-security aging time 2
 switchport port-security aging type inactivity
 no logging event link-status
 speed 100
 duplex full
 srr-queue bandwidth share 1 60 30 10
 srr-queue bandwidth shape 3 0 0 0
 mls qos trust device cisco-phone
 storm-control broadcast level pps 1k
 storm-control multicast level pps 2k
 storm-control action shutdown
 storm-control action trap
 spanning-tree portfast
 spanning-tree bpduguard enable
 spanning-tree guard root
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