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 suggested regex didn't do the trick for me so I created one of my own. The following is a python regex that I created based on the spec found here

ansi_regex = r'\x1b(' \
             r'(\[\??\d+[hl])|' \
             r'([=<>a-kzNM78])|' \
             r'([\(\)][a-b0-2])|' \
             r'(\[\d{0,2}[ma-dgkjqi])|' \
             r'(\[\d+;\d+[hfy]?)|' \
             r'(\[;?[hf])|' \
             r'(#[3-68])|' \
             r'([01356]n)|' \
             r'(O[mlnp-z]?)|' \
             r'(/Z)|' \
             r'(\d+)|' \
             r'(\[\?\d;\d0c)|' \
             r'(\d;\dR))'
ansi_escape = re.compile(ansi_regex, flags=re.IGNORECASE)

I tested my regex on the following snippet (basically a copy paste from the ascii-table.com page)

\x1b[20h    Set
\x1b[?1h    Set
\x1b[?3h    Set
\x1b[?4h    Set
\x1b[?5h    Set
\x1b[?6h    Set
\x1b[?7h    Set
\x1b[?8h    Set
\x1b[?9h    Set
\x1b[20l    Set
\x1b[?1l    Set
\x1b[?2l    Set
\x1b[?3l    Set
\x1b[?4l    Set
\x1b[?5l    Set
\x1b[?6l    Set
\x1b[?7l    Reset
\x1b[?8l    Reset
\x1b[?9l    Reset
\x1b=   Set
\x1b>   Set
\x1b(A  Set
\x1b)A  Set
\x1b(B  Set
\x1b)B  Set
\x1b(0  Set
\x1b)0  Set
\x1b(1  Set
\x1b)1  Set
\x1b(2  Set
\x1b)2  Set
\x1bN   Set
\x1bO   Set
\x1b[m  Turn
\x1b[0m Turn
\x1b[1m Turn
\x1b[2m Turn
\x1b[4m Turn
\x1b[5m Turn
\x1b[7m Turn
\x1b[8m Turn
\x1b[1;2    Set
\x1b[1A Move
\x1b[2B Move
\x1b[3C Move
\x1b[4D Move
\x1b[H  Move
\x1b[;H Move
\x1b[4;3H   Move
\x1b[f  Move
\x1b[;f Move
\x1b[1;2    Move
\x1bD   Move/scroll
\x1bM   Move/scroll
\x1bE   Move
\x1b7   Save
\x1b8   Restore
\x1bH   Set
\x1b[g  Clear
\x1b[0g Clear
\x1b[3g Clear
\x1b#3  Double-height
\x1b#4  Double-height
\x1b#5  Single
\x1b#6  Double
\x1b[K  Clear
\x1b[0K Clear
\x1b[1K Clear
\x1b[2K Clear
\x1b[J  Clear
\x1b[0J Clear
\x1b[1J Clear
\x1b[2J Clear
\x1b5n  Device
\x1b0n  Response:
\x1b3n  Response:
\x1b6n  Get
\x1b[c  Identify
\x1b[0c Identify
\x1b[?1;20c Response:
\x1bc   Reset
\x1b#8  Screen
\x1b[2;1y   Confidence
\x1b[2;2y   Confidence
\x1b[2;9y   Repeat
\x1b[2;10y  Repeat
\x1b[0q Turn
\x1b[1q Turn
\x1b[2q Turn
\x1b[3q Turn
\x1b[4q Turn
\x1b<   Enter/exit
\x1b=   Enter
\x1b>   Exit
\x1bF   Use
\x1bG   Use
\x1bA   Move
\x1bB   Move
\x1bC   Move
\x1bD   Move
\x1bH   Move
\x1b12  Move
\x1bI  
\x1bK  
\x1bJ  
\x1bZ  
\x1b/Z 
\x1bOP 
\x1bOQ 
\x1bOR 
\x1bOS 
\x1bA  
\x1bB  
\x1bC  
\x1bD  
\x1bOp 
\x1bOq 
\x1bOr 
\x1bOs 
\x1bOt 
\x1bOu 
\x1bOv 
\x1bOw 
\x1bOx 
\x1bOy 
\x1bOm 
\x1bOl 
\x1bOn 
\x1bOM 
\x1b[i 
\x1b[1i
\x1b[4i
\x1b[5i

Hopefully this will help others :)