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awk -F"|" '{$2=gensub(".*\\(.+ ([^)]+)\\).*","\\1",1,$2);print $1,$2}' file

awk -F"|" '{print $1}' input

If your value is in a variable, the shell builtin can:~$ S="15:29:15 28.08.2010|SCHEDULE: Started program POSG1"
~$ echo ${S%|*}
15:29:15 28.08.2010

Try:

awk -F "|" '{print $1}' <inputfile

If you don't want a trailing newline, remove "\\n". If you don't want it left justified, remove the "-". If you don't want a 100 character wide string, change the "100" to suit your needs.
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echo assumes the -e is a commandline parameter(echo does indeed take -e on some systems, see man echo) and uses it instead of echoing it. To tell echo that the following string contains no...

printf %s\\n "$p"