Add interactive mode function to strip color codes

dotfiles/bash/main.bashrc

     bcompare "$@" &
 }
 
+strip_colors() {
+    #
+    # Strip color codes from stdin
+    #
+    # Stolen from http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/4533/9365
+    #
+    sed -r "s/\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]//g"
+}
+
 vims() {
     #
     # Show "abandoned" Vim .swp files in a nice table