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Old 03-08-2013
. represent any character
The * behind makes it repeat.

Whit awk
Code:
awk '/^[A8].*B$/' infile

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Old 03-08-2013
. Match any single character
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Old 03-08-2013
Thank you all.
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Old 03-08-2013
"." matches a single character and when combined with "*" mean any number of character
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