Extracting word from file using grep or sed

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Published on 2011-02-09T16:13:33Z Indexed on 2011/02/09 23:25 UTC
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Hi,

I have a file in the format below:

File                  : \\dvtbbnkapp115\nautilus\030db28a-f241-4054-a0e3-9bfa7e002535.dip was
 processed. 
Entries Found         : 0
Unarchived Documents  : 1 
            File Size : 1 K 

Error : The following line could not be processed.  Bad Document Type.

Error : Marketing and Contact preference change
        update||7000003735||078ef1f3-db6b-46a8-bb0d-c40bb2296ab5.pdf



File                  : \\dvtbbnkapp115\nautilus\078ef1f3-db6b-46a8-bb0d-c40bb2296ab5.dip was
 processed. 
Entries Found         : 0
Unarchived Documents  : 1 
            File Size : 1 K 

Error : The following line could not be processed.  Bad Document Type.

Error : Declined - Bureau Data (process)||7000003723|252204|2f1d71f4-052c-49f1-95cf-9ca9b4268f0c.pdf



File                  : \\dvtbbnkapp115\nautilus\2f1d71f4-052c-49f1-95cf-9ca9b4268f0c.dip was
 processed. 
Entries Found         : 0
Unarchived Documents  : 1 
            File Size : 1 K 

Error : The following line could not be processed.  Bad Document Type.

Error : Unable to call - please
        contact|40640510016710|7000003180||3e6a792f-c136-4a4b-a654-37f4476ccef8.pdf

I require to extract just the pdf file names after the double pipe and write them to a file. I am a novice when it comes to unix/sed/grep commands, i have tried but no luck? any ideas or examples i could use to extract the information above?

thanks

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