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| -rw-r--r-- | python/vyos/util.py | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/util.py b/python/vyos/util.py index bee5d7aec..b86b1949c 100644 --- a/python/vyos/util.py +++ b/python/vyos/util.py @@ -164,6 +164,27 @@ def cmd(command, flag='', shell=None, input=None, timeout=None, env=None, return decoded +def rc_cmd(command, flag='', shell=None, input=None, timeout=None, env=None, + stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, decode='utf-8'): + """ + A wrapper around popen, which returns the return code + of a command and stdout + + % rc_cmd('uname') + (0, 'Linux') + % rc_cmd('ip link show dev eth99') + (1, 'Device "eth99" does not exist.') + """ + out, code = popen( + command, flag, + stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr, + input=input, timeout=timeout, + env=env, shell=shell, + decode=decode, + ) + return code, out + + def call(command, flag='', shell=None, input=None, timeout=None, env=None, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, decode='utf-8'): """ |