--- busybox-1.11.0/include/applets.h
+++ busybox-1.11.0/include/applets.h
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@
 USE_UUDECODE(APPLET(uudecode, _BB_DIR_USR_BIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER))
 USE_UUENCODE(APPLET(uuencode, _BB_DIR_USR_BIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER))
 USE_VCONFIG(APPLET(vconfig, _BB_DIR_SBIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER))
+USE_VCSA2TXT(APPLET(vcsa2txt, _BB_DIR_USR_BIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER))
 USE_VI(APPLET(vi, _BB_DIR_BIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER))
 USE_VLOCK(APPLET(vlock, _BB_DIR_USR_BIN, _BB_SUID_ALWAYS))
 USE_WATCH(APPLET(watch, _BB_DIR_BIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER))
 
--- busybox-1.11.0/include/usage.h
+++ busybox-1.11.0/include/usage.h
@@ -4455,6 +4455,13 @@
      "\n	set_ingress_map	[vlan-name] [skb_priority] [vlan_qos]" \
      "\n	set_name_type	[name-type]" \
 
+#define vcsa2txt_trivial_usage \
+       "stdin"
+#define vcsa2txt_full_usage \
+       "Filter /dev/vcsa* to ansi escape sequences"
+#define vcsa2txt_example_usage \
+       "# vcsa2txt < /dev/vcsa1\n"
+
 #define vi_trivial_usage \
        "[OPTION] [FILE]..."
 #define vi_full_usage "\n\n" \
 
--- busybox-1.11.0/miscutils/Config.in
+++ busybox-1.11.0/miscutils/Config.in
@@ -506,6 +506,12 @@
 	  only height, or both, in any order. It also does not complain on error,
 	  but returns default 80x24. Usage in shell scripts: width=`ttysize w`.
 
+config VCSA2TXT
+	bool "vcsa2txt"
+	default n
+	help
+	  Filter /dev/vcsa* output to ansi escape sequences.
+
 config WATCHDOG
 	bool "watchdog"
 	default n
	
--- busybox-1.11.0/util-linux/Kbuild
+++ busybox-1.11.0/util-linux/Kbuild
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@
 lib-$(CONFIG_SWAPONOFF)         += swaponoff.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_SWITCH_ROOT)       += switch_root.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_UMOUNT)            += umount.o
+lib-$(CONFIG_VCSA2TXT)          += vcsa2txt.o

--- busybox-1.11.0/util-linux/vcsa2txt.c
+++ busybox-1.11.0/util-linux/vcsa2txt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * /dev/vcsa* filter for busybox
+ *
+ * pascal.bellard@ads-lu.com
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file License in this tarball for details.
+ */
+ 
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+int vcsa2txt_main(int argc) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
+int vcsa2txt_main(int argc)
+{
+    struct {
+	unsigned char l, c, x, y; // man 4 console_codes
+    } scrn;
+    unsigned char last = 0, ch[2];                     // BLGCRMOW
+    static  unsigned char end[5] = "\e[0m\n", color[8] = "04261537";
+    int sp, lf, x;
+    
+    if (safe_read(0, &scrn, 4) < 0) return 1;
+    for (lf = 0; scrn.l; lf++, scrn.l--) {
+	for (sp = x = 0; ++x <= scrn.c;) {
+	    if (safe_read(0, &ch[0], 2) < 0) return 1;
+	    if (argc > 1) ch[1] = 0;
+	    sp++;
+	    if (last == ch[1] && ch[0] == ' ') continue;
+	    for (lf++; --lf;) bb_putchar('\n');
+	    while (--sp) bb_putchar(' ');
+#define ENABLE_VCSA_PACKED 1
+#if ENABLE_VCSA_PACKED
+	    if (last ^= ch[1]) {
+		char esc[16],*s;
+		struct offsets {
+		    char mask, type, shr;
+		} *p;
+		static struct offsets offset[3] = {
+		    {8,0,1}, {0x70,'4',4}, {7,'3',0}
+		};
+		static char init = 0x7F;
+		
+		s = esc+2;
+		*(short *)esc = ntohs(256*'\e'+'[');
+		p = offset;
+		do {
+		    if ((init|last) & p->mask) {
+			int c = (ch[1] & p->mask) >> p->shr;
+		    
+			if ((*s = p->type) != 0) s++;
+			else if (c == 0) {
+			    c = 2;
+			    *s++ = '2'; /* normal */
+			}
+			*s++ = color[c];
+			*s++ = ';'; 
+		    }
+		} while (p++->shr);
+		s[-1] = 'm';
+		init = 0;
+		fwrite(esc,s-esc,1,stdout);
+	    }
+	    last = ch[1];
+#else
+	    if (last != ch[1]) {
+		static char esc[10] = "\e[0;47;37m";
+		
+		esc[2] = ((last = ch[1]) & 8) ? '1' /* bold */ : '0' /* defaults */;
+		esc[sizeof(esc)-5] = color[(ch[1] >> 4) & 7];
+		esc[sizeof(esc)-2] = color[ch[1] & 7];
+		fwrite(esc,sizeof(esc),1,stdout);
+	    }
+#endif
+	    bb_putchar(ch[0]);
+	}
+    }
+    fwrite(end,sizeof(end),1,stdout);
+    return 0;
+}