Removing Colors and ^M in a log file


 
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# 15  
Old 02-08-2014
Thanks a million, that did the job!
# 16  
Old 02-14-2014
Code:
sed -n 's/ctrl + v,ctrl + M/ /gp' file.log


Last edited by Franklin52; 02-14-2014 at 09:19 AM.. Reason: adding code tags
# 17  
Old 02-14-2014
thanks for the reply but this doesn't work.

The one that did the job was:

HTML Code:
CR=$(printf "\r")
ESC=$(printf "\e")
sed "s/$ESC\[[^Gm]*[Gm]//g;s/$ESC%G//g;s/$CR//g" boottest.log
# 18  
Old 02-17-2014
To remove ^M character use (ctrl + v) and (ctrl + M)

Code:
sed -n 's/ctrl+v,ctrl+M/ /gp' file1

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Mod Comment Please use CODE tags and please explain your notation.

Last edited by Don Cragun; 02-17-2014 at 06:24 AM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
# 19  
Old 02-17-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by 24ajay
Code:
sed -n 's/ctrl+v,ctrl+M/ /gp' file1

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use CODE tags and please explain your notation.
First, note that new readers might not realize that ctrl+v is intended to mean press the v key while holding down the key marked ctl, ctrl, or control (depending on your keyboard manufacturer).

Second, note that many readers might not realize that you don't want them to type a comma in the search pattern.

And, third, if they figured out both of those, this wouldn't remove carriage return characters; it would replace them with a space character.

And, by using the -n option to sed you throw away completely any lines that did not contain a carriage return character.

Furthermore, this sed script does absolutely nothing to remove the terminal escape sequences that were the half of the problem noted in the original poster's request.
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