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import shlex as shlex_
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
def shell(args, input=None, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, shlex=False, **kwargs):
"""Gets the output of a command run in a subprocess.
Arguments:
args: A sequence of strings, or a single string if shlex=True.
input: A string to be written to the process's stdin.
Any extra keyword arguments are forwarded to Popen.
Returns:
A tuple of (stdout, stderr)
>>> shell('basename /a/hello', shlex=True)
('hello\n','')
"""
if shlex:
args = shlex_.split(args)
stdin = PIPE if input is not None else None
p = Popen(args, stdin=stdin, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr, **kwargs)
return p.communicate(input=input)
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