import re, ast
s = ''' '%SYSDB-SYSDB-6-TIMEOUT_EDM', 
'%HA-HA_WD-3-DISK_ALARM_ALERT', 
'%ROUTING-FIB-4-RETRYDB_NONEMPTY', 
'%SYSDB-SYSDB-6-TIMEOUT_EDM', 
'%HA-HA_WD-3-DISK_ALARM_ALERT', 
'%ROUTING-FIB-4-RETRYDB_NONEMPTY'
'''
l = ast.literal_eval(f'[{s}]')
rx = re.compile(r"-[1-4]-")
print(list(filter(rx.search, l)))