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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)