$ S_COLORS=never pidstat 4 3 > nocol.log still has the bad chars Further $ S_COLORS=always pidstat 4 3 > withcol.log Has what you'd expect from colors like "^[[0m^[[32;22m"
So detection is correct - the redirect runs in the no-color mode (unless forced by the environment variable), but the non colorized mode is the one that adds these broken extra "00" bytes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1716113 Title: pidstat outputs to log with invalid characters To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysstat/+bug/1716113/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
