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# 1  
Old 01-13-2016
sed command is saving output as blank file

Hi,

I am working on a script where I am adding adding colors to few of the info in the output.
Now , after that is done , I see colour codes in log files which I don't want to see.SmilieSmilieSmilieSmilie
So , I tried using sed command in script as below which gives me o/p (new.log) as blank file

Code:
checkpoint()
{
sed  "s/\x1B\[([0-9]{1,3}((;[0-9]{1,3})*)?)?[m|K]//g" my.log >new.log
}

If I run this on commandline
Code:
sed  "s/\x1B\[([0-9]{1,3}((;[0-9]{1,3})*)?)?[m|K]//g" my.log

output is fine as expected.

I am using the command in switch statement as
Code:
fo1 | tee -a my.log
check_point

I am using AIX.Please tell me what am I missingSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilie

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Last edited by bakunin; 01-13-2016 at 02:37 PM..
# 2  
Old 01-13-2016
For me, it works only with EREs switched on; I don't know if this is available on AIX. And, it can be simplified a bit:
Code:
sed -E "s/\x1B\[(;?[0-9]{1,3})*[mK]//g"

# 3  
Old 01-13-2016
No It doesn't.I am getting the blank fileSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilie
# 4  
Old 01-13-2016
Does my.log have any contents when checkpoint is called? Check with cat.
# 5  
Old 01-13-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
For me, it works only with EREs switched on; I don't know if this is available on AIX. And, it can be simplified a bit:
Code:
sed -E "s/\x1B\[(;?[0-9]{1,3})*[mK]//g"

Hi Tried with -e but it giving me the same outputSmilie

---------- Post updated at 12:18 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:16 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Does my.log have any contents when checkpoint is called? Check with cat.
Yup... checkpoint is called after my task is done.and it has the contents
# 6  
Old 01-13-2016
AIX sed does not have EREs, therefore the proposed -E-switch will not work. Using -e declares the following just as a sed-expression and so does (in this case) nothing.

How about posting at east one line of the log you want to process and the result to be achieved? As you talk about colour codes, a hexdump of the line might help. Isolate the line, use print - "$line" | od -ax > /some/file and post the content of file.

I hope this helps.

bakunin

/PS: please note (and take to heart) the comment i editedinto your first post. I don't want to have to say that again.
# 7  
Old 01-14-2016
Hi,

Thanks for the command, unfortunately its not working.

However content of log file is

Code:
+++Start

^[[0m
^[[32m
+++++Stop
^[[0m
^[[34m

I expect output to be like

Code:
++++Start

+++++++Stop

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