Strip ANSI color from Linux ip output #1654
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On latest Debian versions the command "Ip add show" outputs color chars on interface names. This patch strips them fixing garbage in keys of Rex Template vars.
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On latest Debian versions the command "Ip add show" outputs color chars on interface names. This patch uses the Term::ANSIColor lib to strip them fixing garbage in keys of Rex Template vars.
To test the problem simply dump gathered infos from a Debian Trixie (with iproute2 package installed) , and check the output of key interfaces for "$__36m" word:
rex -H MyDebian-e "say dump_system_information;"
...
$__36mens192_ip = ''
$__36mlo_netmask = ''
$__36mens192_netmask = ''
....