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There exist another way :
cat filename | grep regexp | sed -e "s/.*regexp.*/regexp/g" > outputfile

But your aim is not quiet clear. M.b you simply interested in fact of presence of some regexp in a paticular file. In this case you may simply use grep with "-c" key.

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