On Friday 02 Jun 2017 19:13:25 R0b0t1 wrote: > On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 7:12 PM, R0b0t1 <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 6:06 PM, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> > >> Walter had posted a message about ANSI codes showing up in portage > >> output. I am getting the same when I run /usr/bin/script and examine > >> the contents of the resultant file with a text editor; e.g. in Vim I > >> get: > >> > >> ^[[0;32m~ ^[[35m$ ^[[0mtest^H^[[K^H^[[K^H^[[K^H^[[Kecho > >> S^H^[[K|^H^[[K$term^M > >> > >> but when I use less I can see: > >> > >> ~ $ echo $TERM > >> > >> Is there a way of suppressing these characters in gedit, kwrite, vim, > >> etc.? > >> -- > >> Regards, > >> Mick > > > > The proper way to approach this is to disable coloring in the program > > generating your output. If there is no flag for it, you can try > > setting your terminal capabilities such that color is not supported > > (e.g. TERM=xterm-old, possibly unsupported on BSDs). However for some > > poorly written programs that may not work. Lastly, you can strip the > > escape sequences from the output. > > > > See http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/ansifilter/en/ansifilter.php if you > > are interested in the latter option. This seems the easiest to do if > > you don't mind the extra step. > > Apologies - you should also check your terminal emulator's > documentation to see if color escapes can be disabled as an > alternative to setting TERM, but this is probably the worst of the > three options.
Thank you, more than one thing to try out! :-) -- Regards, Mick
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