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+# vim: set filencoding=utf8
+"""
+Miscellaneous Utility Commands
+
+@author: Mike Crute (mcrute@ag.com)
+@organization: SoftGroup Interactive, Inc.
+@date: April 20, 2010
+"""
+
+
+import shlex
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+from obalie.exceptions import ExecutableError
+
+
+def run_command(command, raw_output=False):
+    """
+    Run a command string returning the output. Passing raw_output
+    will cause the function to return the raw stdout; otherwise
+    lines will be split.
+    """
+    cmd = shlex.split(command.encode('ascii'))
+    proc = Popen(cmd, close_fds=False, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
+    stdout, stderr = proc.communicate()
+
+    if proc.returncode != 0:
+        raise ExecutableError(proc.returncode, command)
+
+    if raw_output:
+        return stdout
+    else:
+        return stdout.splitlines(True)