# Does logstash include some color stripper plug-ins? **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [April 22, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-include-some-color-stripper-plug-ins/270945 "2021-04-22T09:57:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wajika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@wajika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wajika)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-include-some-color-stripper-plug-ins/270945/1 "2021-04-22T09:57:10Z")
like > **[mattheworiordan/fluent-plugin-color-stripper](https://github.com/mattheworiordan/fluent-plugin-color-stripper)** > > Fluentd plugin to strip ANSI color codes from input logs Can clean the color character output by docker drive. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/d/fd671170087461405fa26f5aa4fe31d336ed352f.png) ---
**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-include-some-color-stripper-plug-ins/270945/2 "2021-04-22T14:49:03Z")
At its [heart](https://github.com/mattheworiordan/fluent-plugin-color-stripper/blob/d0b04940c14a612cb78a8a3a5537e40bb558b9a1/lib/fluent/plugin/out_color_stripper.rb#L36) the color stripper is just gsub, so you can use a [mutate](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-mutate.html#plugins-filters-mutate-gsub) filter. ---
**Author:** ![wajika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@wajika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wajika)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-include-some-color-stripper-plug-ins/270945/3 "2021-04-23T05:09:48Z")
Thanks for your reply, I have never used gsub, do you know how to write regular? such as > "message": "\u001b[40m\u001b[1m\u001b[33mwarn\u001b[39m\u001b[22m\u001b[49m: Elastic.Apm[0]\n {PayloadSenderV2} Failed sending events. Following events were not transferred successfully to the server ([http://localhost:8200/](http://localhost:8200/)):\n Elastic.Apm.Metrics.MetricSet" remove "\u001b[40m\u001b[1m\u001b[33mwarn\u001b[39m\u001b[22m\u001b[49m:" ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/d/cdadabed7b054746209092c92bc0a67c37679e46.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/a/5a673cfc5e4930358bfed66a0e708ae0d9ea775f.png) I tried it and it didn't work. ---
**Author:** ![wajika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@wajika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wajika)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-include-some-color-stripper-plug-ins/270945/4 "2021-04-23T06:01:14Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/b/9b0416ccb730c5db4e50792f348eb75175a065f2.png) In addition, I found that there are many formats for this color character. How to write a universal rules? ---
**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-include-some-color-stripper-plug-ins/270945/5 "2021-04-23T14:20:40Z")
The code I linked to include a regexp that can be applied universally. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-logstash-include-some-color-stripper-plug-ins/270945/6 "2021-05-21T14:21:19Z")
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