Run selection as command in Sublime Text

run_selection_as_command.py

import os, sublime, sublime_plugin

# Select some text and execute it through bash
#
class RunSelectionAsCommandCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, edit):
        for region in self.view.sel():
            if not region.empty():
                # Get the selected text
                command = self.view.substr(region)
                print '========================================================================'
                print command
                print '------------------------------------------------------------------------'
                print os.popen(command).read()