How to convert escape sequences to text while preserving display format?

I have a text file that contains (ANSI ?) escape sequences: When I cat the file I get formatted output: How do I save / pipe the output of the text file to a new file so that the control codes are removed but the formatting is preserved? In other words, I want to convert / export the contents of the file to a new file while retaining the intended display format (e.g. like one would get when using less -r ). I need an automated way to do this so that the output can be logged and sent as an email notification. Here is the base64 output of the file in the above screenshots (use base64 -d to decode it): G1tIG1syShtbMTsxSA0KG1s0OzRIICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICBDT05GSURFTlRJ QUwgSU5GT1JNQVRJT04bW0sbWzU7NEgbW0sbWzY7NEgbW0sbWzc7NEhUaGlzIHdvcmsgY29udGFp bnMgdmFsdWFibGUsIGNvbmZpZGVudGlhbCwgYW5kIHByb3ByaWV0YXJ5IGluZm9ybWF0aW9uLhtb SxtbODs0SERpc2Nsb3N1cmUsIHVzZSwgb3IgcmVwcm9kdWN0aW9uIGlzIGdvdmVybmVkIGJ5IHlv dXIgTGljZW5zZSBBZ3JlZW1lbnQuG1tLG1sxMDs0SBtbSxtbMTE7NEhUaGlzIHVucHVibGlzaGVk IHdvcmsgaXMgcHJvdGVjdGVkIGJ5IHRoZSBsYXdzIG9mIHRoZSBVbml0ZWQgU3RhdGVzIGFuZBtb SxtbMTI7NEhvdGhlciBDb3VudHJpZXMuICBUaGUgd29yayB3YXMgY3JlYXRlZCBpbiAxOTg4IGFu ZCByZXZpc2VkIGluIDE5OTQuICAbW0sbWzEzOzRISWYgcHVibGljYXRpb24gb2NjdXJzLCB0aGUg Zm9sbG93aW5nIG5vdGljZSBzaGFsbCBhcHBseTobW0sbWzE0OzRIG1tLG1sxNTs0SBtbSxtbMTY7 NEggICBDb3B5cmlnaHQgMTk4OCwxOTk0LiBBbGwgcmlnaHRzIHJlc2VydmVkLhtbSxtbMTc7NEgb W0sbWzE4OzRIG1tLG1sxOTs0SFRoaXMgQ29weXJpZ2h0IG5vdGljZSBhbmQgb3RoZXIgY29weXJp Z2h0IG5vdGljZXMgaW5jbHVkZWQgaW4gdGhlIG1hY2hpbmUbW0sbWzIwOzRIcmVhZGFibGUgY29w aWVzIG11c3QgYmUgcmVwcm9kdWNlZCBvbiBhbGwgYXV0aG9yaXplZCBjb3BpZXMuG1tLG1syMTs0 SBtbSxtbMjI7NEhUaGlzIGlzIGEgcmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB0cmFkZW1hcmsuG1tLDQo=