Can I get better update output? (nvim --headless)

[MikaelElkiaer]

I am trying to determine if there are any available updates outside of nvim.

I was hoping to simply run:

nvim --headless +'lua require("lazy").check({show=false,wait=true})' +qa

and then filter and format, e.g.:

... |
  sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z]//g' |
  sed --quiet --regexp-extended 's/\[([^ ]+)\] +log \| ([0-9a-z]{7,}).*/\1/p' |
  uniq

However, it seems that a newline is missing for every new plugin update.
For example:

[render-markdown.nvim] log | 0df6719 feat: change_events list & link.wiki.body function (2 days ago)[telescope.nvim]    log | 814f102 fix!(git_status): keep picker open if pwd is clean (#3415) (2 days ago)[vim-illuminate]    log | 19cb21f Fix #227 (new issue at the bottom of the existing issue) (11 hours ago)[CopilotChat.nvim]  log | Finished task log in 67ms

See below for full output.
While this does not make it impossible to parse, it makes it cumbersome.

Bonus: I would also like a better way to disable color output instead of having to strip of ANSI escape sequences.

Output

[CopilotChat.nvim] fetch | Running task fetch
[auto-save.nvim]  fetch | Running task fetch
[base64.nvim]     fetch | Running task fetch
[blame.nvim]      fetch | Running task fetch
[bufferline.nvim] fetch | Running task fetch
[cellular-automaton.nvim] fetch | Running task fetch
[conform.nvim]    fetch | Running task fetch
[copilot.lua]     fetch | Running task fetch
[dashboard-nvim]  fetch | Running task fetch
[dial.nvim]       fetch | Running task fetch
[diffview.nvim]   fetch | Running task fetch
[dressing.nvim]   fetch | Running task fetch
[duck.nvim]       fetch | Running task fetch
[flatten.nvim]    fetch | Running task fetch
[flit.nvim]       fetch | Running task fetch
[flow.nvim]       fetch | Running task fetch
[gruvbox.nvim]    fetch | Running task fetch
[indent-blankline.nvim] fetch | Running task fetch
[lazy.nvim]       fetch | Running task fetch
[lazydev.nvim]    fetch | Running task fetch
[leap.nvim]       fetch | Running task fetch
[lspsaga.nvim]    fetch | Running task fetch
[luvit-meta]      fetch | Running task fetch
[mini.ai]         fetch | Running task fetch
[mini.bufremove]  fetch | Running task fetch
[mini.misc]       fetch | Running task fetch
[neogen]          fetch | Running task fetch
[noice.nvim]      fetch | Running task fetch
[nui.nvim]        fetch | Running task fetch
[nvim-lint]       fetch | Running task fetch
[nvim-lspconfig]  fetch | Running task fetch
[nvim-notify]     fetch | Running task fetch
[nvim-surround]   fetch | Running task fetch
[nvim-treesitter] fetch | Running task fetch
[nvim-treesitter-context] fetch | Running task fetch
[nvim-treesitter-textobjects] fetch | Running task fetch
[nvim-web-devicons] fetch | Running task fetch
[octo.nvim]       fetch | Running task fetch
[oil.nvim]        fetch | Running task fetch
[overseer.nvim]   fetch | Running task fetch
[persistence.nvim] fetch | Running task fetch
[plenary.nvim]    fetch | Running task fetch
[render-markdown.nvim] fetch | Running task fetch
[roslyn.nvim]     fetch | Running task fetch
[scope.nvim]      fetch | Running task fetch
[scratch.nvim]    fetch | Running task fetch
[syntax-tree-surfer] fetch | Running task fetch
[telescope.nvim]  fetch | Running task fetch
[todo-comments.nvim] fetch | Running task fetch
[toggleterm.nvim] fetch | Running task fetch
[vcslink.nvim]    fetch | Running task fetch
[vim-helm]        fetch | Running task fetch
[vim-illuminate]  fetch | Running task fetch
[vim-repeat]      fetch | Running task fetch
[vim-wordmotion]  fetch | Running task fetch
[which-key.nvim]  fetch | Running task fetch
[yaml-companion.nvim] fetch | Running task fetch
[CopilotChat.nvim] fetch | Finished task fetch in 461ms
[CopilotChat.nvim] status | Running task status
[blame.nvim]      fetch | Finished task fetch in 461ms
[blame.nvim]     status | Running task status
[dial.nvim]       fetch | Finished task fetch in 468ms
[lspsaga.nvim]    fetch | Finished task fetch in 467ms
[dial.nvim]      status | Running task status
[lspsaga.nvim]   status | Running task status
[duck.nvim]       fetch | Finished task fetch in 469ms
[CopilotChat.nvim] status | Finished task status in 10ms
[duck.nvim]      status | Running task status
[blame.nvim]     status | Finished task status in 9ms
[bufferline.nvim] fetch | Finished task fetch in 477ms
[gruvbox.nvim]    fetch | Finished task fetch in 476ms
[leap.nvim]       fetch | Finished task fetch in 477ms
[bufferline.nvim] status | Running task status
[gruvbox.nvim]   status | Running task status
[leap.nvim]      status | Running task status
[dressing.nvim]   fetch | Finished task fetch in 478ms
[dial.nvim]      status | Finished task status in 9ms
[lspsaga.nvim]   status | Finished task status in 9ms
[dressing.nvim]  status | Running task status
[duck.nvim]      status | Finished task status in 10ms
[indent-blankline.nvim] fetch | Finished task fetch in 485ms
[indent-blankline.nvim] status | Running task status
[lazydev.nvim]    fetch | Finished task fetch in 485ms
[mini.ai]         fetch | Finished task fetch in 485ms
[mini.bufremove]  fetch | Finished task fetch in 485ms
[neogen]          fetch | Finished task fetch in 485ms
[bufferline.nvim] status | Finished task status in 8ms
[gruvbox.nvim]   status | Finished task status in 8ms
[conform.nvim]    fetch | Finished task fetch in 488ms
[conform.nvim]   status | Running task status
[lazydev.nvim]   status | Running task status
[mini.ai]        status | Running task status
[mini.bufremove] status | Running task status
[neogen]         status | Running task status
[diffview.nvim]   fetch | Finished task fetch in 488ms
[leap.nvim]      status | Finished task status in 10ms
[nvim-lint]       fetch | Finished task fetch in 493ms
[diffview.nvim]  status | Running task status
[nvim-lint]      status | Running task status
[dressing.nvim]  status | Finished task status in 12ms
[nui.nvim]        fetch | Finished task fetch in 496ms
[nvim-lspconfig]  fetch | Finished task fetch in 496ms
[nvim-treesitter-context] fetch | Finished task fetch in 495ms
[nvim-web-devicons] fetch | Finished task fetch in 495ms
[indent-blankline.nvim] status | Finished task status in 12ms
[conform.nvim]   status | Finished task status in 10ms
[lazydev.nvim]   status | Finished task status in 10ms
[mini.ai]        status | Finished task status in 10ms
[mini.bufremove] status | Finished task status in 10ms
[nvim-notify]     fetch | Finished task fetch in 497ms
[nui.nvim]       status | Running task status
[nvim-lspconfig] status | Running task status
[nvim-notify]    status | Running task status
[nvim-treesitter-context] status | Running task status
[nvim-web-devicons] status | Running task status
[neogen]         status | Finished task status in 12ms
[flatten.nvim]    fetch | Finished task fetch in 508ms
[nvim-lint]      status | Finished task status in 14ms
[flatten.nvim]   status | Running task status
[cellular-automaton.nvim] fetch | Finished task fetch in 510ms
[dashboard-nvim]  fetch | Finished task fetch in 509ms
[diffview.nvim]  status | Finished task status in 15ms
[nui.nvim]       status | Finished task status in 10ms
[nvim-lspconfig] status | Finished task status in 10ms
[nvim-notify]    status | Finished task status in 10ms
[cellular-automaton.nvim] status | Running task status
[dashboard-nvim] status | Running task status
[luvit-meta]      fetch | Finished task fetch in 510ms
[nvim-treesitter-context] status | Finished task status in 15ms
[nvim-web-devicons] status | Finished task status in 15ms
[luvit-meta]     status | Running task status
[nvim-treesitter] fetch | Finished task fetch in 515ms
[nvim-treesitter-textobjects] fetch | Finished task fetch in 515ms
[render-markdown.nvim] fetch | Finished task fetch in 514ms
[flatten.nvim]   status | Finished task status in 8ms
[cellular-automaton.nvim] status | Finished task status in 6ms
[nvim-treesitter] status | Running task status
[nvim-treesitter-textobjects] status | Running task status
[render-markdown.nvim] status | Running task status
[dashboard-nvim] status | Finished task status in 7ms
[nvim-surround]   fetch | Finished task fetch in 520ms
[nvim-surround]  status | Running task status
[base64.nvim]     fetch | Finished task fetch in 523ms
[vcslink.nvim]    fetch | Finished task fetch in 519ms
[base64.nvim]    status | Running task status
[vcslink.nvim]   status | Running task status
[luvit-meta]     status | Finished task status in 10ms
[overseer.nvim]   fetch | Finished task fetch in 526ms
[nvim-treesitter-textobjects] status | Finished task status in 12ms
[render-markdown.nvim] status | Finished task status in 12ms
[overseer.nvim]  status | Running task status
[octo.nvim]       fetch | Finished task fetch in 529ms
[nvim-treesitter] status | Finished task status in 14ms
[nvim-surround]  status | Finished task status in 10ms
[base64.nvim]    status | Finished task status in 9ms
[octo.nvim]      status | Running task status
[lazy.nvim]       fetch | Finished task fetch in 535ms
[toggleterm.nvim] fetch | Finished task fetch in 532ms
[flow.nvim]       fetch | Finished task fetch in 536ms
[noice.nvim]      fetch | Finished task fetch in 535ms
[scratch.nvim]    fetch | Finished task fetch in 533ms
[syntax-tree-surfer] fetch | Finished task fetch in 533ms
[vcslink.nvim]   status | Finished task status in 12ms
[flow.nvim]      status | Running task status
[lazy.nvim]      status | Running task status
[noice.nvim]     status | Running task status
[scratch.nvim]   status | Running task status
[syntax-tree-surfer] status | Running task status
[toggleterm.nvim] status | Running task status
[auto-save.nvim]  fetch | Finished task fetch in 546ms
[plenary.nvim]    fetch | Finished task fetch in 542ms
[todo-comments.nvim] fetch | Finished task fetch in 542ms
[overseer.nvim]  status | Finished task status in 15ms
[auto-save.nvim] status | Running task status
[plenary.nvim]   status | Running task status
[todo-comments.nvim] status | Running task status
[flit.nvim]       fetch | Finished task fetch in 546ms
[scope.nvim]      fetch | Finished task fetch in 543ms
[telescope.nvim]  fetch | Finished task fetch in 543ms
[copilot.lua]     fetch | Finished task fetch in 550ms
[oil.nvim]        fetch | Finished task fetch in 547ms
[persistence.nvim] fetch | Finished task fetch in 547ms
[vim-helm]        fetch | Finished task fetch in 546ms
[vim-illuminate]  fetch | Finished task fetch in 546ms
[vim-repeat]      fetch | Finished task fetch in 546ms
[octo.nvim]      status | Finished task status in 16ms
[flow.nvim]      status | Finished task status in 13ms
[lazy.nvim]      status | Finished task status in 13ms
[noice.nvim]     status | Finished task status in 14ms
[scratch.nvim]   status | Finished task status in 14ms
[copilot.lua]    status | Running task status
[flit.nvim]      status | Running task status
[oil.nvim]       status | Running task status
[persistence.nvim] status | Running task status
[scope.nvim]     status | Running task status
[telescope.nvim] status | Running task status
[vim-helm]       status | Running task status
[vim-illuminate] status | Running task status
[vim-repeat]     status | Running task status
[syntax-tree-surfer] status | Finished task status in 15ms
[toggleterm.nvim] status | Finished task status in 23ms
[roslyn.nvim]     fetch | Finished task fetch in 557ms
[which-key.nvim]  fetch | Finished task fetch in 556ms
[yaml-companion.nvim] fetch | Finished task fetch in 556ms
[auto-save.nvim] status | Finished task status in 14ms
[plenary.nvim]   status | Finished task status in 14ms
[roslyn.nvim]    status | Running task status
[which-key.nvim] status | Running task status
[yaml-companion.nvim] status | Running task status
[todo-comments.nvim] status | Finished task status in 15ms
[copilot.lua]    status | Finished task status in 11ms
[flit.nvim]      status | Finished task status in 11ms
[oil.nvim]       status | Finished task status in 11ms
[persistence.nvim] status | Finished task status in 11ms
[scope.nvim]     status | Finished task status in 11ms
[telescope.nvim] status | Finished task status in 11ms
[vim-helm]       status | Finished task status in 11ms
[vim-illuminate] status | Finished task status in 13ms
[vim-repeat]     status | Finished task status in 14ms
[roslyn.nvim]    status | Finished task status in 4ms
[which-key.nvim] status | Finished task status in 9ms
[yaml-companion.nvim] status | Finished task status in 13ms
[mini.misc]       fetch | Finished task fetch in 579ms
[mini.misc]      status | Running task status
[vim-wordmotion]  fetch | Finished task fetch in 580ms
[vim-wordmotion] status | Running task status
[mini.misc]      status | Finished task status in 15ms
[vim-wordmotion] status | Finished task status in 12ms
[CopilotChat.nvim]  log | Running task log
[auto-save.nvim]    log | Running task log
[base64.nvim]       log | Running task log
[blame.nvim]        log | Running task log
[bufferline.nvim]   log | Running task log
[cellular-automaton.nvim] log | Running task log
[conform.nvim]      log | Running task log
[copilot.lua]       log | Running task log
[dashboard-nvim]    log | Running task log
[dial.nvim]         log | Running task log
[diffview.nvim]     log | Running task log
[dressing.nvim]     log | Running task log
[duck.nvim]         log | Running task log
[flatten.nvim]      log | Running task log
[flit.nvim]         log | Running task log
[flow.nvim]         log | Running task log
[gruvbox.nvim]      log | Running task log
[indent-blankline.nvim] log | Running task log
[lazy.nvim]         log | Running task log
[lazydev.nvim]      log | Running task log
[leap.nvim]         log | Running task log
[lspsaga.nvim]      log | Running task log
[luvit-meta]        log | Running task log
[mini.ai]           log | Running task log
[mini.bufremove]    log | Running task log
[mini.misc]         log | Running task log
[neogen]            log | Running task log
[noice.nvim]        log | Running task log
[nui.nvim]          log | Running task log
[nvim-lint]         log | Running task log
[nvim-lspconfig]    log | Running task log
[nvim-notify]       log | Running task log
[nvim-surround]     log | Running task log
[nvim-treesitter]   log | Running task log
[nvim-treesitter-context] log | Running task log
[nvim-treesitter-textobjects] log | Running task log
[nvim-web-devicons] log | Running task log
[octo.nvim]         log | Running task log
[oil.nvim]          log | Running task log
[overseer.nvim]     log | Running task log
[persistence.nvim]  log | Running task log
[plenary.nvim]      log | Running task log
[render-markdown.nvim] log | Running task log
[roslyn.nvim]       log | Running task log
[scope.nvim]        log | Running task log
[scratch.nvim]      log | Running task log
[syntax-tree-surfer] log | Running task log
[telescope.nvim]    log | Running task log
[todo-comments.nvim] log | Running task log
[toggleterm.nvim]   log | Running task log
[vcslink.nvim]      log | Running task log
[vim-helm]          log | Running task log
[vim-illuminate]    log | Running task log
[vim-repeat]        log | Running task log
[vim-wordmotion]    log | Running task log
[which-key.nvim]    log | Running task log
[yaml-companion.nvim] log | Running task log
[CopilotChat.nvim]  log | 3a562fd refactor(prompts): improve clarity of copilot prompts (24 hours ago)
[CopilotChat.nvim]  log | 53b0cb7 docs(prompts): clarify code block format in modify prompt (27 hours ago)
[CopilotChat.nvim]  log | 5a4dfa0 chore(doc): auto generate docs (29 hours ago)
[CopilotChat.nvim]  log | 3d01e2a docs: update Claude version to 3.7 in README (29 hours ago)[lazy.nvim]         log | 6c3bda4 chore(main): release 11.17.1 (#1927) (19 hours ago)
[lazy.nvim]         log | d51cf69 fix(meta): rebuild dirty right after disable. See #1889 (19 hours ago)
[lazy.nvim]         log | 1c9ba37 fix(bootstrap): support for older Neovim versions (20 hours ago)
[lazy.nvim]         log | 96a205c chore(main): release 11.17.0 (#1877) (20 hours ago)[lspsaga.nvim]      log | 6063935 chore(doc): auto generate docs (9 hours ago)
[lspsaga.nvim]      log | 9ae70dd Fixed a typo in the readme that bugged me (#1527) (9 hours ago)[mini.misc]         log | bfd8ee2 feat(ALL): unify how title/footer is truncated in floating windows (2 days ago)
[mini.misc]         log | de5c7cd fix(misc): update `zoom()` to adjust dimensions if there is border (2 days ago)[nvim-lspconfig]    log | 99c7582 docs: update configs.md skip-checks: true (23 hours ago)
[nvim-lspconfig]    log | 3b55c7b fix: fix broken rust analyzer link (23 hours ago)[nvim-treesitter]   log | 93ce9feb feat(markdown): completely conceal codeblock fences on nightly (26 hours ago)
[nvim-treesitter]   log | f0ff9f0e fix(gleam): indent on unqualified import rather than import (28 hours ago)
[nvim-treesitter]   log | 3b013b9e feat(typst): add more folds (28 hours ago)
[nvim-treesitter]   log | 9fcb3f7a feat(just): improve attribute highlights (29 hours ago)
[nvim-treesitter]   log | 36c78ee5 bot(lockfile): update styled (30 hours ago)
[nvim-treesitter]   log | 22541916 ci(update): block git_config (ABI 15) (30 hours ago)[octo.nvim]         log | d794a4c Update issue templates (#902) (22 hours ago)
[octo.nvim]         log | dbf3a6a 802 error on large number of discussions (#901) (22 hours ago)
[octo.nvim]         log | de0f441 Add `:Octo discussion create` command (#900) (23 hours ago)
[octo.nvim]         log | ebe9a06 test with latest neovim (#889) (27 hours ago)
[octo.nvim]         log | 4988086 Add `:Octo comment suggest` command (#897) (28 hours ago)
[octo.nvim]         log | a3d4af8 fix: disable cursorline due to Neovim bug (#898) (2 days ago)
[octo.nvim]         log | 1619301 refactor issue navigation (#895) (2 days ago)[persistence.nvim]  log | 166a79a refactor: cleanup (20 hours ago)
[persistence.nvim]  log | 3ae5cb9 chore(build): auto-generate docs (20 hours ago)
[persistence.nvim]  log | ae0d7e8 fix(start): don't count ft=jj buffers for persistence (#90) (20 hours ago)[render-markdown.nvim] log | 1cd546e chore: update change log (15 hours ago)
[render-markdown.nvim] log | 90d188a Provide alias to body function (#350) (15 hours ago)
[render-markdown.nvim] log | 98a3b7d feat: bullet padding functions (19 hours ago)
[render-markdown.nvim] log | 33673e6 feat: add a default icon for indent feature (25 hours ago)
[render-markdown.nvim] log | 4d754be chore: add more indent mode unit tests (29 hours ago)
[render-markdown.nvim] log | 21623a9 feat: indent mode icon (31 hours ago)
[render-markdown.nvim] log | 43a971e feat: latex position below (2 days ago)
[render-markdown.nvim] log | 0df6719 feat: change_events list & link.wiki.body function (2 days ago)[telescope.nvim]    log | 814f102 fix!(git_status): keep picker open if pwd is clean (#3415) (2 days ago)[vim-illuminate]    log | 19cb21f Fix #227 (new issue at the bottom of the existing issue) (11 hours ago)[CopilotChat.nvim]  log | Finished task log in 67ms
[auto-save.nvim]    log | Finished task log in 67ms
[base64.nvim]       log | Finished task log in 67ms
[blame.nvim]        log | Finished task log in 67ms
[bufferline.nvim]   log | Finished task log in 67ms
[cellular-automaton.nvim] log | Finished task log in 67ms
[conform.nvim]      log | Finished task log in 67ms
[copilot.lua]       log | Finished task log in 67ms
[dashboard-nvim]    log | Finished task log in 67ms
[dial.nvim]         log | Finished task log in 67ms
[diffview.nvim]     log | Finished task log in 67ms
[dressing.nvim]     log | Finished task log in 67ms
[duck.nvim]         log | Finished task log in 67ms
[flatten.nvim]      log | Finished task log in 67ms
[flit.nvim]         log | Finished task log in 67ms
[flow.nvim]         log | Finished task log in 67ms
[gruvbox.nvim]      log | Finished task log in 67ms
[indent-blankline.nvim] log | Finished task log in 67ms
[lazy.nvim]         log | Finished task log in 67ms
[lazydev.nvim]      log | Finished task log in 67ms
[leap.nvim]         log | Finished task log in 67ms
[lspsaga.nvim]      log | Finished task log in 67ms
[luvit-meta]        log | Finished task log in 67ms
[mini.ai]           log | Finished task log in 67ms
[mini.bufremove]    log | Finished task log in 67ms
[mini.misc]         log | Finished task log in 67ms
[neogen]            log | Finished task log in 67ms
[noice.nvim]        log | Finished task log in 67ms
[nui.nvim]          log | Finished task log in 67ms
[nvim-lint]         log | Finished task log in 67ms
[nvim-lspconfig]    log | Finished task log in 67ms
[nvim-notify]       log | Finished task log in 67ms
[nvim-surround]     log | Finished task log in 67ms
[nvim-treesitter]   log | Finished task log in 68ms
[nvim-treesitter-context] log | Finished task log in 68ms
[nvim-treesitter-textobjects] log | Finished task log in 68ms
[nvim-web-devicons] log | Finished task log in 68ms
[octo.nvim]         log | Finished task log in 68ms
[oil.nvim]          log | Finished task log in 68ms
[overseer.nvim]     log | Finished task log in 68ms
[persistence.nvim]  log | Finished task log in 68ms
[plenary.nvim]      log | Finished task log in 68ms
[render-markdown.nvim] log | Finished task log in 68ms
[roslyn.nvim]       log | Finished task log in 68ms
[scope.nvim]        log | Finished task log in 68ms
[scratch.nvim]      log | Finished task log in 68ms
[syntax-tree-surfer] log | Finished task log in 77ms
[telescope.nvim]    log | Finished task log in 77ms
[todo-comments.nvim] log | Finished task log in 77ms
[toggleterm.nvim]   log | Finished task log in 77ms
[vcslink.nvim]      log | Finished task log in 77ms
[vim-helm]          log | Finished task log in 77ms
[vim-illuminate]    log | Finished task log in 77ms
[vim-repeat]        log | Finished task log in 77ms
[vim-wordmotion]    log | Finished task log in 77ms
[which-key.nvim]    log | Finished task log in 77ms
[yaml-companion.nvim] log | Finished task log in 77ms