I'm trying to remove all occurrences of '[01;34m' from the following file:
Script started on 2023-09-16 10:06:45-04:00 [TERM="xterm-256color" TTY="/dev/pts/1" COLUMNS="204" LINES="55"]
^[[?2004h^[]0;matt@SERENITY: ~^G^[[01;32mmatt@SERENITY^[[00m:^[~^[[00m$ ls^M
^[[?2004l^M^[[0m^[Desktop^[[0m ^[[01;34mDocuments^[[0m ^[[01;34mDownloads^[[0m ^[[01;34mmarkdown^[[0m ^[[01;34mMusic^[[0m ^[[01;34mnotes^[[0m ^[[01;34mPictures^[[0m ^[[01;34mPublic^[[0m ^[[01;34mscripts^[[0m ^[[01;34msnap^[[0m ^[[01;34mTemplates^[[0m typescript ^[[01;34mVideos^[[0m^M
^[[?2004h^[]0;matt@SERENITY: ~^G^[[01;32mmatt@SERENITY^[[00m:^[~^[[00m$ ls^M
^[[?2004l^M^[[0m^[Desktop^[[0m ^[[01;34mDocuments^[[0m ^[[01;34mDownloads^[[0m ^[[01;34mmarkdown^[[0m ^[[01;34mMusic^[[0m ^[[01;34mnotes^[[0m ^[[01;34mPictures^[[0m ^[[01;34mPublic^[[0m ^[[01;34mscripts^[[0m ^[[01;34msnap^[[0m ^[[01;34mTemplates^[[0m typescript ^[[01;34mVideos^[[0m^M
^[[?2004h^[]0;matt@SERENITY: ~^G^[[01;32mmatt@SERENITY^[[00m:^[~^[[00m$ ls^M
^[[?2004l^M^[[0m^[Desktop^[[0m ^[[01;34mDocuments^[[0m ^[[01;34mDownloads^[[0m ^[[01;34mmarkdown^[[0m ^[[01;34mMusic^[[0m ^[[01;34mnotes^[[0m ^[[01;34mPictures^[[0m ^[[01;34mPublic^[[0m ^[[01;34mscripts^[[0m ^[[01;34msnap^[[0m ^[[01;34mTemplates^[[0m typescript ^[[01;34mVideos^[[0m^M
^[[?2004h^[]0;matt@SERENITY: ~^G^[[01;32mmatt@SERENITY^[[00m:^[~^[[00m$ exit^M
^[[?2004l^Mexit^M
Script done on 2023-09-16 10:06:49-04:00 [COMMAND_EXIT_CODE="0"]
Using the command: :%s/[01;34m//g
But it's telling me it can't find the pattern, any idea why?
[is probably being interpreted as the opening of a regex character set, try escaping it (\[). – Panki Sep 16 '23 at 15:38