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Handle special characters in the command output
anujva Jan 4, 2023
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Merge branch 'aws:mainline' into mainline
bobby569 Mar 6, 2025
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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion agent/plugins/inventory/gatherers/application/dataProvider_unix.go
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Expand Up @@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ func getApplicationData(context context.T, command string, args []string) (data
log.Debugf("Command Stderr: %v", string(output))
err = fmt.Errorf("Command failed with error: %v", string(output))
} else {
cmdOutput := string(output)
cmdOutputRaw := string(output)
cmdOutput := handleCtrlChars(cmdOutputRaw)
// parse snap result
if command == "snap" {
cmdOutput = parseSnapOutput(context, cmdOutput)
Expand All @@ -374,6 +375,10 @@ func getApplicationData(context context.T, command string, args []string) (data
return
}

func handleCtrlChars(s string) string {
return strings.Replace(s, "\x0D", "", -1)
}

// convertToApplicationData converts query output into json string so that it can be deserialized easily
func convertToApplicationData(input string) (data []model.ApplicationData, err error) {

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