Ansistrip

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Mini-lib to strip ANSI Escape codes from a string.

Installation

Install with uv:

uv add ansistrip

Usage

In [1]: import ansistrip

In [2]: text = "\x1b[1m\x1b[38;5;10mtest\x1b[0m"

In [3]: ansistrip.ansi_strip(text)
Out[3]: 'test'

It also handles 8-bit C1 controls, plain ESC sequences such as ESC ( B or ESC c, and control strings such as terminal titles and OSC 8 hyperlinks:

In [4]: ansistrip.ansi_strip("\x1b]0;my title\x07hello")
Out[4]: 'hello'

In [5]: ansistrip.ansi_strip("\x1b]8;;https://example.com\x1b\\link\x1b]8;;\x1b\\")
Out[5]: 'link'

Non-ASCII text is left untouched:

In [6]: ansistrip.ansi_strip("\x1b[31mÉXITO: configuración\x1b[0m")
Out[6]: 'ÉXITO: configuración'

Development

uv sync
uv run pytest

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