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Rev

Nice. I wonder if one could go further and do something like grep -E $'\033\[0?[01];31m.+?\033\[0?0m' or grep -Po '\033\[0?[01]+;31m\K.+?(?=\033\[0?0m)' to test for red specifically?

steeldriver
– steeldriver

2014-06-06 01:04:48 +00:00
Commented Jun 6, 2014 at 1:04
I started coming up with regexes like the ones you suggest, but before I could get them to work I stumbled upon [[:cntrl:]]. I tested yours and they work for me, ie. matching red and failing to match other colors.

savanto
– savanto

2014-06-06 01:10:42 +00:00
Commented Jun 6, 2014 at 1:10
Works great but will match any color. I didn't mention it in the question but many other colors are also output and I just want to see the red stuff. +1 for simple and working code.

km6zla
– km6zla

2014-06-06 02:38:34 +00:00
Commented Jun 6, 2014 at 2:38

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