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= Asking for Help: How To Remove Escape Characters =

system: ubuntu connected to a serial port connected datalogger
pls look at this post using "source txt"or"bron txt" button rigth top for better lay-out

python program
{{{#!python
#! /usr/bin/env python
import serial
import time
ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyS0',9600, bytesize=8, timeout=9)
ser.open()		
if ser.isOpen():					
    ser.write( b'\x1b' )  #this is the binary format for chr(27) esc
    #time.sleep(1)
    response = ser.read(ser.inWaiting())
    data = ser.readlines()
#data = data.split()
f = open('../../../minicom/python.txt', 'a')
s = str(data)
f.write(s)
f.close()
data.Sstrip("\n\r")
print data
ser.close()
print "port closed"
}}}

sample of the data received

{{{
'10-3-11\t15:28\t23,8\t14,4\t0\r\n', '10-3-11\t15:35\t12,0\t13,5\t8\r\n', '10-3-11\t15:45\t12,0\t14,0\t1\r\n', '10-3-11\t15:46\t12,0\t14,0\t0\r\n', '10-3-11\t15:55\t12,0\t13,5\t11\r\n', '10-3-11\t16:4\t12,0\t13,5\t0\r\n', '10-3-11\t16:5\t23,8\t14,4\t0\r\n', '10-3-11\t16:5\t12,0\t13,5\t2\r\n', '10-3-11\t16:6\t12,0\t13,5\t0\r\n']
}}}

data should look like this example
{{{
10-3-11	14:31	21,9	4,2	0
10-3-11	14:33	11,7	13,5	11
10-3-11	14:39	11,7	13,5	0
10-3-11	14:39	24,8	14,4	0
10-3-11	14:39	8,5	18,9	0
10-3-11	14:44	11,7	13,5	10
10-3-11	14:54	12,0	13,0	5
10-3-11	15:4	12,0	13,5	10
10-3-11	15:8	12,0	13,5	0
10-3-11	15:9	23,8	14,4	0
10-3-11	15:14	12,0	13,5	5
10-3-11	15:16	12,0	13,5	0
10-3-11	15:17	23,8	14,4	0
10-3-11	15:18	11,7	18,9	0
}}}

is there anyone with a similar problem
fspr

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