How can I remove the ANSI escape sequences from a string in python

Question

This is my string:

\'ls\\r\\n\\x1b[00m\\x1b[01;31mexamplefile.zip\\x1b[00m\\r\\n\\x1b[01;31m\'

I was using code to retrieve the output from

Answer 1

The accepted answer to this question only considers color and font effects. There are a lot of sequences that do not end in 'm', such as cursor positioning, erasing, and scroll regions.

The complete regexp for Control Sequences (aka ANSI Escape Sequences) is

/(\x9B|\x1B\[)[0-?]*[ -\/]*[@-~]/

Refer to ECMA-48 Section 5.4 and ANSI escape code