Strip ANSI and control chars in json_escape & logs

Enhance json_escape to remove ANSI escape sequences (color codes) and other non-printable control characters before escaping backslashes, quotes, newlines, tabs and carriage returns. Also update get_error_text to strip ANSI sequences from tailed logfile output. These changes ensure safe JSON embedding of strings and prevent control characters / terminal color codes from leaking into logs or JSON payloads.
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CanbiZ (MickLesk)
2026-02-14 16:13:05 +01:00
parent ed9a6d9d4b
commit 9a95d81f17

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@@ -237,16 +237,21 @@ explain_exit_code() {
# json_escape()
#
# - Escapes a string for safe JSON embedding
# - Strips ANSI escape sequences and non-printable control characters
# - Handles backslashes, quotes, newlines, tabs, and carriage returns
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
json_escape() {
local s="$1"
# Strip ANSI escape sequences (color codes etc.)
s=$(printf '%s' "$s" | sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z]//g')
s=${s//\\/\\\\}
s=${s//"/\\"/}
s=${s//$'\n'/\\n}
s=${s//$'\r'/}
s=${s//$'\t'/\\t}
echo "$s"
# Remove any remaining control characters (0x00-0x1F except those already handled)
s=$(printf '%s' "$s" | tr -d '\000-\010\013\014\016-\037')
printf '%s' "$s"
}
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -283,7 +288,7 @@ get_error_text() {
fi
if [[ -n "$logfile" && -s "$logfile" ]]; then
tail -n 20 "$logfile" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\r$//'
tail -n 20 "$logfile" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\r$//' | sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z]//g'
fi
}