Which regex to use to get rid of ^[(B from file in python

Asked Jan 12 '23 at 11:05

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In my python code I receive a log file which I want to store so that the user can read it. The log file contains special characters like: ^[[m^[(B which I want to remove.

Example line from the log file: <13>Jan 11 13:14:39 [2023-01-11, 13:14:39.700] fio_start.info:^[[m^[(B: Cleanup started

According to the answer given in this thread How can I remove the ANSI escape sequences from a string in python

I have used re.compile with different regular expressions e.g. like this:

ansi_escape = re.compile(r'(?:\x1B[@-Z\-_]|[\x80-\x9A\x9C-\x9F]|(?:\x1B[|\x9B)[0-?][ -/][@-~])') new_fileContents = ansi_escape.sub('', str(fileContents))

which removes the '^[[m' but not the '^[(B':

<13>Jan 11 13:14:39 [2023-01-11, 13:14:39.700] fio_start.info:^[(B: Cleanup started

Can someone please help me to find the correct regex to remove also the ^[(B?

edited Jan 12 '23 at 15:57

asked Jan 12 '23 at 11:05

eponine364

Try using the `re` module in Python to handle regular expressions – executable Jan 12 '23 at 11:08
Where does the log file come from? It probably shouldn't be logging those characters in the first place. – chepner Jan 12 '23 at 16:03
The log file is coming from external and I can't change it. – eponine364 Jan 12 '23 at 17:06

Which regex to use to get rid of ^[(B from file in python

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