I'm trying to write a regex to remove all that starts with '[' and ends with 'm' or ';' so that the following script will be purged of all its special chars:
Script started on 2023-09-16 10:06:45-04:00 [TERM="xterm-256color" TTY="/dev/pts/1" COLUMNS="204" LINES="55"]
^[[?2004h^[]0;matt@SERENITY: ~^G^[[01;32mmatt@SERENITY^[[00m:^[~^[[00m$ ls^M
^[[?2004l^M^[[0m^[Desktop^[[0m ^[[01;34mDocuments^[[0m ^[[01;34mDownloads^[[0m ^[[01;34mmarkdown^[[0m ^[[01;34mMusic^[[0m ^[[01;34mnotes^[[0m ^[[01;34mPictures^[[0m ^[[01;34mPublic^[[0m ^[[01;34mscripts^[[0m ^[[01;34msnap^[[0m ^[[01;34mTemplates^[[0m typescript ^[[01;34mVideos^[[0m^M
^[[?2004h^[]0;matt@SERENITY: ~^G^[[01;32mmatt@SERENITY^[[00m:^[~^[[00m$ ls^M
^[[?2004l^M^[[0m^[Desktop^[[0m ^[[01;34mDocuments^[[0m ^[[01;34mDownloads^[[0m ^[[01;34mmarkdown^[[0m ^[[01;34mMusic^[[0m ^[[01;34mnotes^[[0m ^[[01;34mPictures^[[0m ^[[01;34mPublic^[[0m ^[[01;34mscripts^[[0m ^[[01;34msnap^[[0m ^[[01;34mTemplates^[[0m typescript ^[[01;34mVideos^[[0m^M
^[[?2004h^[]0;matt@SERENITY: ~^G^[[01;32mmatt@SERENITY^[[00m:^[~^[[00m$ ls^M
^[[?2004l^M^[[0m^[Desktop^[[0m ^[[01;34mDocuments^[[0m ^[[01;34mDownloads^[[0m ^[[01;34mmarkdown^[[0m ^[[01;34mMusic^[[0m ^[[01;34mnotes^[[0m ^[[01;34mPictures^[[0m ^[[01;34mPublic^[[0m ^[[01;34mscripts^[[0m ^[[01;34msnap^[[0m ^[[01;34mTemplates^[[0m typescript ^[[01;34mVideos^[[0m^M
^[[?2004h^[]0;matt@SERENITY: ~^G^[[01;32mmatt@SERENITY^[[00m:^[~^[[00m$ exit^M
^[[?2004l^Mexit^M
Script done on 2023-09-16 10:06:49-04:00 [COMMAND_EXIT_CODE="0"]
for now my command looks something like:
%s:/^M\|^G\|^[//g | %s/\[01;34m//g | %s/\[01;32m//g
and while I'm still working on it, it removes a good chunk but it's quite repetitive which defeats the purpose of regex
Anyone know a quicker way to remove every substring that starts with '[' and ends with 'm' or ';'?
Output should look like:
Script started on 2023-09-16 10:06:45-04:00 [TERM="xterm-256color" TTY="/dev/pts/1" COLUMNS="204" LINES="55"]
matt@SERENITY: ~matt@SERENITY:~$ ls
Desktop Documents Downloads markdown Music notes Pictures Public scripts snap Templates typescript Videos
matt@SERENITY: ~matt@SERENITY:~$ ls
Desktop Documents Downloads markdown Music notes Pictures Public scripts snap Templates typescript Videos
matt@SERENITY: ~matt@SERENITY:~$ ls
Desktop Documents Downloads markdown Music notes Pictures Public scripts snap Templates typescript Videos
matt@SERENITY: ~matt@SERENITY:~$ exit
exit
Script done on 2023-09-16 10:06:49-04:00 [COMMAND_EXIT_CODE="0"]
This should remove all ANSI codes, assuming you have properly constructed codes (escape character is literal and not its printable representation ^[):
%s/\e\[[0-9;?]*[a-zA-Z]
The same can be done with sed:
sed 's,\x1B\[[0-9;?]*[a-zA-Z],,g'