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+#
+# coding=utf-8
+"""Shared utility functions"""
+
+from . import constants
+
+
+def strip_ansi(text: str) -> str:
+    """Strip ANSI escape codes from a string.
+
+    :param text: string which may contain ANSI escape codes
+    :return: the same string with any ANSI escape codes removed
+    """
+    return constants.ANSI_ESCAPE_RE.sub('', text)
+
+
+def strip_quotes(arg: str) -> str:
+    """ Strip outer quotes from a string.
+
+     Applies to both single and double quotes.
+
+    :param arg:  string to strip outer quotes from
+    :return: same string with potentially outer quotes stripped
+    """
+    if len(arg) > 1 and arg[0] == arg[-1] and arg[0] in constants.QUOTES:
+        arg = arg[1:-1]
+    return arg