source: bootcd/isolinux/syslinux-6.03/utils/syslinux2ansi

#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# Perl script to convert a Syslinux-format screen to PC-ANSI
# to display in a color xterm or on the Linux console
#

@ansicol = (0,4,2,6,1,5,3,7);

$getting_file = 0;
$enable = 1;

while ( read(STDIN, $ch, 1) > 0 ) {
    if ( $ch eq "\x1A" ) {      # <SUB> <Ctrl-Z> EOF
        last;
    } elsif ( $ch eq "\x0C" ) { # <FF>  <Ctrl-L> Clear screen
        print "\x1b[2J" if ( $enable && !$getting_file );
    } elsif ( $ch eq "\x0F" ) { # <SI>  <Ctrl-O> Attribute change
        if ( !$getting_file ) {
            if ( read(STDIN, $attr, 2) == 2 ) {
                $attr = hex $attr;
                if ( $enable ) {
                    print "\x1b[0;";
                    if ( $attr & 0x80 ) {
                        print "5;";
                        $attr &= ~0x80;
                    }
                    if ( $attr & 0x08 ) {
                        print "1;";
                        $attr &= ~0x08;
                    }
                    printf "%d;%dm",
                    $ansicol[$attr >> 4] + 40, $ansicol[$attr & 7] + 30;
                }
            }
        }
    } elsif ( $ch eq "\x18" ) { # <CAN> <Ctrl-X> Display image
        # We can't display an image; pretend to be a text screen
        # Ignore all input until end of line
        $getting_file = 1;
    } elsif ( (ord($ch) & ~07) == 0x10 ) { # Mode controls
        $enable = (ord($ch) & 0x01); # Emulate the text screen
    } elsif ( $ch eq "\x0D" ) { # <CR>  <Ctrl-M> Carriage return
        # Ignore
    } elsif ( $ch eq "\x0A" ) { # <LF>  <Ctrl-J> Line feed
        if ( $getting_file ) {
            $getting_file = 0;
        } else {
            print $ch if ( $enable );
        }
    } else {
        print $ch if ( $enable && !$getting_file );
    }
}