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Please see <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=293267>
where it is documented that grep -o fails with quantifications:
$ echo "baab" | grep -o "a*"
$ echo "baab" | grep -o "a\{0,2\}"
$ echo "baab" | grep -o "a\{1,2\}"
aa
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