"ansifilter -p" pode ser útil para você ...
Está no repositório do Fedora; -p especifica a saída simples:
Name : ansifilter
From repo : updates
Summary : ANSI terminal escape code converter
URL : http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/ansifilter/ansifilter.php
License : GPLv3+
Description : Ansifilter handles text files containing ANSI terminal escape codes.
: The command sequences may be stripped or be interpreted to generate formatted
: output (HTML, RTF, TeX, LaTeX, BBCode).