execute.py

""" Execute cmd """

import subprocess
from subprocess import CalledProcessError as ExecuteError

try:
    from subprocess import check_output
except ImportError:
    # For python < 2.7
    import subprocess

    def check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
        r"""Run command with arguments and return its output as a byte string.

        Backported from Python 2.7 as it's implemented as pure python on stdlib.

        >>> check_output(['/usr/bin/python', '--version'])
        Python 2.6.2
        """
        process = subprocess.Popen(stdout=subprocess.PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs)
        output, unused_err = process.communicate()
        retcode = process.poll()
        if retcode:
            cmd = kwargs.get("args")
            if cmd is None:
                cmd = popenargs[0]
            error = subprocess.CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
            error.output = output
            raise error
        return output



def execute(cmd):
    """ Execute cmd in term """
    return check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)