"""Utilities for invoking executables.
"""
import os
import subprocess
import re
_ANSI_ESCAPE_8BIT_REGEX = re.compile(
br"""
(?: # either 7-bit C1, two bytes, ESC Fe (omitting CSI)
\x1B
[@-Z\\-_]
| # or a single 8-bit byte Fe (omitting CSI)
[\x80-\x9A\x9C-\x9F]
| # or CSI + control codes
(?: # 7-bit CSI, ESC [
\x1B\[
| # 8-bit CSI, 9B
\x9B
)
[0-?]* # Parameter bytes
[ -/]* # Intermediate bytes
[@-~] # Final byte
)
""", re.VERBOSE)
def run_and_tee_output(args):
"""Runs the test executable passing-thru its output to stdout (in a
terminal-colors-friendly way). Waits for the executable to exit.
Returns:
The full executable output as an UTF-8 string.
"""
output_bytes = subprocess.check_output(args)
output_bytes = _ANSI_ESCAPE_8BIT_REGEX.sub(b'', output_bytes)
return output_bytes.decode('utf-8')