#1130466 ssh-tools: ssh-ping -n does not fully remove ANSI sequences

Package:
ssh-tools
Source:
ssh-tools
Submitter:
Jeffrey Goh
Date:
2026-03-13 16:37:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1130466#5
Date:
2026-03-12 10:09:30 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?

   I was using sshping to feed into a network monitoring script and
   needed no color.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

     Using the flag -n removes the color but did not remove the RESET
     sequence ESC[0m

   * What was the outcome of this action?

     ugly escape sequence on non ANSI terminals

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

     all color changing ANSI sequences to be removed.

     I did end up fixing the problem, but idk how to submit a patch file
     line 284 needs this change

     <     unset -v RED GREEN YELLOW BLUE MAGENTA CYAN WHITE BOLD
     ---
     >     unset -v RED GREEN YELLOW BLUE MAGENTA CYAN WHITE BOLD RESET

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#1130466#10
Date:
2026-03-13 16:36:03 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Jeffrey,

thanks for the report.

I will forward the patch to upstream (myself) to fix it :-)
#1130466#15
Date:
2026-03-13 16:36:03 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Jeffrey,

thanks for the report.

I will forward the patch to upstream (myself) to fix it :-)