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sed -n '3 {;s/[^[]*\[//;s/\].*//p;q;}' /path/to/file

case number-of-hyphens in
     1)
          move_file dest_01
          ;;

     2)
          move_file dest_02
          ;;

     3)
          move_file dest_02
          ;;

     ..... etc....

esac

for FN in file[12]
   do TMP=$(sed -n '3 {s/[^[]*\[|\].*//; s/,.*//; s/[^-]*//gp;q;}' $FN)
   echo mv $FN dest${#TMP}
   done
mv file1 dest3
mv file2 dest18

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AMIGA:barrywalker~> cp AudioScope.sh AS.sh
AMIGA:barrywalker~> mv AS.sh /tmp/
AMIGA:barrywalker~> ls /tmp/AS.sh
/tmp/AS.sh
AMIGA:barrywalker~> ls AS*
ls: AS*: No such file or directory
AMIGA:barrywalker~> _

sed -n 's/^x$/one/p
        s/^x\{2\}$/two/p
        s/^x\{3\}$/three/p
        s/^x\{4\}$/four/p' /some/file |\
while read LINE ; do
     case LINE in
          "one")
               do_something once
               ;;

          "two")
               do_something twice
               ;;

          "three")
               do_something three-times
               ;;

          "four")
               do_something four-times
               ;;
     esac
done