diff --git a/aexpect/client.py b/aexpect/client.py
index e0460f4..6996897 100644
--- a/aexpect/client.py
+++ b/aexpect/client.py
@@ -1218,6 +1218,8 @@ def cmd_output(self, cmd, timeout=60, internal_timeout=None,
         self.sendline(cmd)
         try:
             out = self.read_up_to_prompt(timeout, internal_timeout, print_func)
+            # Removing escape sequence from output!
+            out_no_escape = astring.strip_console_codes(out)
         except ExpectTimeoutError as error:
             output = self.remove_command_echo(error.output, cmd)
             raise ShellTimeoutError(cmd, output) from error
@@ -1229,7 +1231,7 @@ def cmd_output(self, cmd, timeout=60, internal_timeout=None,
             raise ShellError(cmd, output) from error
 
         # Remove the echoed command and the final shell prompt
-        return self.remove_last_nonempty_line(self.remove_command_echo(out,
+        return self.remove_last_nonempty_line(self.remove_command_echo(out_no_escape,
                                                                        cmd))
 
     def cmd_output_safe(self, cmd, timeout=60):