The --pipe command returns grey bars at bottom of output

[jordantrizz]

General description of bug:

When running --pipe a block of grey bars is shown at the bottom. See the following, why does this exist?

>fastfetch --pipe | cat -v
root@zshdev
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OS: Ubuntu 20.04 x86_64
Host: KVM/QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (pc-i440fx-7.0)
Kernel: 5.4.0-146-generic
Uptime: 5 days, 22 hours, 37 mins
Packages: 607 (dpkg), 3 (snap)
Shell: zsh 5.8
Terminal: /dev/pts/0
CPU: Common KVM processor @ 2.4 GHz
Memory: 196.95 MiB / 473.57 MiB (41%)
Disk (/): 2.79 GiB / 20.37 GiB (13%)
Locale: C.UTF-8

M-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^H
M-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^HM-bM-^VM-^H

Often helpful questions:

• Does the issue occur across multiple terminal emulators? Y - wsltty
• Does the issue occur across multiple shells? (bash, zsh, fish, etc) Y - zsh,bash

Output of fastfetch --version:

fastfetch 1.11.0 (x86_64)

Output of fastfetch --load-config devinfo:

                            ....               root@zshdev
              .',:clooo:  .:looooo:.           -----------
           .;looooooooc  .oooooooooo'          OS: Ubuntu 20.04 x86_64
        .;looooool:,''.  :ooooooooooc          Host: KVM/QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (pc-i440fx-7.0)
       ;looool;.         'oooooooooo,          Kernel: 5.4.0-146-generic
      ;clool'             .cooooooc.  ,,       Uptime: 5 days, 22 hours, 35 mins
         ...                ......  .:oo,      Packages: 607 (dpkg), 3 (snap)
  .;clol:,.                        .loooo'     Shell: zsh 5.8
 :ooooooooo,                        'ooool     Display: Couldn't detect display
'ooooooooooo.                        loooo.    DE: No DE found
'ooooooooool                         coooo.    WM: No WM found
 ,loooooooc.                        .loooo.    WM Theme: WM Theme needs sucessfull WM detection
   .,;;;'.                          ;ooooc     Theme: No themes found
       ...                         ,ooool.     Icons: No icons could be found
    .cooooc.              ..',,'.  .cooo.      Font: No fonts found
      ;ooooo:.           ;oooooooc.  :l.       Cursor: Couldn't find cursor
       .coooooc,..      coooooooooo.           Terminal: /dev/pts/0
         .:ooooooolc:. .ooooooooooo'           Terminal Font: Unknown terminal: /dev/pts/0
           .':loooooo;  ,oooooooooc            CPU: Common KVM processor @ 2.4 GHz
               ..';::c'  .;loooo:'             GPU: No GPUs found
                             .                 Memory: 196.77 MiB / 473.57 MiB (41%)
                                               Disk (/): 2.79 GiB / 20.37 GiB (13%)
                                               Battery: batteryDir doesn't contain any battery folder
                                               Power Adapter: Not supported on this platform
                                               Locale: C.UTF-8

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Output of fastfetch --load-config devinfo-verbose:

                            ....               root@zshdev
              .',:clooo:  .:looooo:.           -----------
           .;looooooooc  .oooooooooo'          OS: System: Linux; Name: Ubuntu; Pretty name: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS; ID: ubuntu; ID like: debian; Variant: ; Variant ID: ; Version: 20.04.6 LTS (Focal Fossa); Version ID: 20.04; Version codename: focal; Build ID: ; Architecture: x86_64
       ;looool;.         'oooooooooo,          Host: Family: product_family: ; product_name: KVM/QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996); product_version: pc-i440fx-7.0; product_sku: ; sys_vendor: QEMU
      ;clool'             .cooooooc.  ,,       Bios: bios_release is not set.
         ...                ......  .:oo,      Board: board_name is not set.
  .;clol:,.                        .loooo'     Chassis: 1 (pc-i440fx-7.0)
 :ooooooooo,                        'ooool     Kernel: Sysname: Linux; Release: 5.4.0-146-generic; Version: #163-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 17 18:26:02 UTC 2023
'ooooooooooo.                        loooo.    Uptime: Days: 5; Hours: 22; Minutes: 35; Seconds: 38
'ooooooooool                         coooo.    Processes: Count: 134
 ,loooooooc.                        .loooo.    Packages: All: 610; pacman: 0; pacman branch: ; dpkg: 607; rpm: 0; emerge: 0; eopkg: 0; xbps: 0; apk: 0; flatpak-system: 0; flatpak-user: 0; snap: 0; brew: 0; brew-cask: 0; port: 0; scoop: 3; choco: 0            ;ooooc
       ...                         ,ooool.     Shell: Process name: zsh; Process path: zsh; Process exe: zsh; Process version: 5.8; User path: /usr/bin/zsh; User exe: zsh; User version: 5.8
    .cooooc.              ..',,'.  .cooo.      Display: Couldn't detect display
      ;ooooo:.           ;oooooooc.  :l.       Brightness: No result is detected.
       .coooooc,..      coooooooooo.           DE: No DE found
         .:ooooooolc:. .ooooooooooo'           WM: No WM found
           .':loooooo;  ,oooooooooc            WM Theme: WM Theme needs sucessfull WM detection
               ..';::c'  .;loooo:'             Theme: No themes found
                             .                 Icons: No icons could be found
                                               Font: No fonts found
                                               Cursor: Couldn't find cursor
                                               Terminal: Process: /dev/pts/0; Path: /dev/pts/0; Exe: 0
                                               Terminal Font: Unknown terminal: /dev/pts/0
                                               CPU: Name: Common KVM processor, Vendor: GenuineIntel, CoresPhysical: 1, CoresLogical: 1, CoresOnline: 1, FrequencyMin: 2.4, FrequencyMax: 2.4, Temperature: -nan
                                               CPU Usage: Percentage: 100
                                               GPU: No GPUs found
                                               Memory: Used: 196.72 MiB; Total: 473.57 MiB; Percentage: 41
                                               Swap: Disabled
                                               Disk (/): SizeUsed: 2.79 GiB; SizeTotal: 20.37 GiB; SizePercentage: 13; FilesUsed: 112455; FilesTotal: 2725632; FilesPercentage: 4; Removable: false; Hidden: false; Filesystem: ext4; Name: cloudimg-rootfs
                                               Battery: batteryDir doesn't contain any battery folder
                                               Power Adapter: Not supported on this platform
                                               Media Player: No media found
                                               Media: No media found
                                               Public IP: 0.0.0.0
                                               Local IP (eth0): 192.168.0.1
                                               Wifi: No Wifi interfaces found
                                               Date & Time: year: 2023; yearShort: 23; month: 4; monthPretty: 04; monthName: April; monthNameShort: Apr; weekNumber: 16; weekday: Monday; weekdayShort: Mon; dayInYear: 107; dayInMonth: 17; dayInWeek: 1; hour: 14; hourPretty: 14; hour12: 2; hour12Pretty: 02; minute: 11; minutePretty: 11; second: 21; secondPretty: 21
                                               Locale: C.UTF-8
                                               Vulkan: dlopen libvulkan.so failed
                                               OpenGL: dlopen glx failed
                                               OpenCL: dlopen libOpenCL.so failed
                                               Users: root
                                               Bluetooth: Failed to call GetManagedObjects
                                               Sound: Failed to load libpulse.so
                                               Gamepad: No devices detected
                                               Weather: +5°C - Light rain and ice pallets shower, mist (City , Country)

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Output of fastfetch --list-features:

threads
libpci
vulkan
wayland
xcb-randr
xcb
xrandr
x11
gio
dconf
dbus
imagemagick6
zlib
xfconf
sqlite3
rpm
egl
glx
osmesa
opencl
libpulse
libnm

[jordantrizz]

I didn't realize that a colour block was introduced at some point, I know that #283 existed and perhaps when I started using fastfetch I never noticed the colours module.

Using --pipe will result in the Colors module showing grey blocks. Should the module Colors be removed when running --pipe?