#!/usr/bin/perl while (<>) { s/ \e[ #%()*+\-.\/]. | (?:\e\[|\x9b) [ -?]* [@-~] | # CSI ... Cmd (?:\e\]|\x9d) .*? (?:\e\\|[\a\x9c]) | # OSC ... (ST|BEL) (?:\e[P^_]|[\x90\x9e\x9f]) .*? (?:\e\\|\x9c) | # (DCS|PM|APC) ... ST \e.|[\x80-\x9f] //xg; 1 while s/[^\b][\b]//g; # remove all non-backspace followed by backspace print; }