import re
s = """wgb-car1# show startup-config
Using 6149 out of 32768 bytes
!
! NVRAM config last updated at 15:50:05 UTC Wed Oct 1 2014 by user
!
version 12.4
no service pad
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
service password-encryption
!"""
r = r"(?s)#\sshow\s*(.*?)version\s*([\d.]+)"
o = [m.group() for m in re.finditer(r, s)]
print o
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