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-rw-r--r--python/vyos/util.py8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/util.py b/python/vyos/util.py
index 3970b8bf1..5807c837d 100644
--- a/python/vyos/util.py
+++ b/python/vyos/util.py
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ import os
import re
import sys
+
+def subprocess_cmd(command):
+ """ execute arbitrary command via Popen """
+ from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+ p = Popen(command, stdout=PIPE, shell=True)
+ p.communicate()
+
+
def read_file(path):
""" Read a file to string """
with open(path, 'r') as f: