Remove control characters (e.g., \n, \r, \x, etc.) with Python, compatible in both Python version 2 and 3.

remove_CtrlChars.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-

import unicodedata
def remove_CtrlChars(string):
	try:# Unicode conversion for Python 2
		string = string.decode("utf-8")
	except:# Unicode conversion for Python 3
		string = string.encode().decode("utf-8","strict")
	
	return "".join(chars for chars in string if unicodedata.category(chars)!="Cc")

print(remove_CtrlChars("\n\n\naaaaaaлл\bклсалскссмфлскبَا\xءдхфскд"))