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Remove Color Code Escape Sequences

Here is a simple way using sed to remove special characters such as color codes and other escape sequences from each line in a log file or the output from a utility like screen. $ sed -r “s/x1B[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]//g” If you wish to see the actual escape sequences, one way is to use the -r or -R options to the less utility -r or –raw-control-chars Causes “raw” control characters to be displayed. The default is to display control characters using the caret notation; for example, a control-A (octal 001) is displayed as “^A”. Warning: when the -r option is used, less