How to remove the escape sequence from /var/log/boot.log in RHEL 7

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Issue

  • We need to remove the escape sequence from /var/log/boot.log. None of the previous methods BOOTUP=nocolor, or new system.log_color setting is working.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • plymouth
  • systemd
  • /var/log/boot.log

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