[VCL-404] Prevent and/or remove color code escape characters from SSH output

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.3
• Component/s: vcld (backend)
• Assignee: Andrew Kurth
• Reporter: Andrew Kurth
• Created: 26/Oct/10 15:10
• Updated: 02/Mar/12 19:03
• Resolved: 02/Mar/12 19:03

Description

It's possible for the output generated from SSH commands to include color-coded text. This causes problems when the text is parsed and the color escape sequences appear in the log output.

Arguments should be added to any commands to suppress color coding where possible. The output should also be stripped of the color escape characters by the SSH subroutines before returning the output to the caller.