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  • You need some * or + quantifiers in your regexp, don't you? Commented Jul 14, 2014 at 16:24
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    @Networker thanks for your answer I have used it with slide change grep -Eo " a-[0-9]* \| HS2 \| [0-9]* \| [0-9]* " because in contains 2012 as well which is not required. Commented Jul 16, 2014 at 6:04