code: def run_commands(commands, settings):
      
      sprint = settings["sprint"]
      quiet = settings["quiet"]
      error = settings["error"]
      enhanced_errors = True
      the_shell = None
      if settings["no_enhanced_errors"]:
          enhanced_errors = False
      if "shell" in settings:
          the_shell = settings["shell"]
      windows_p = sys.platform == "win32"
  
      STDOUT = None
      STDERR = None
      if quiet:
          STDOUT = PIPE
          STDERR = PIPE
  
      commands = commands.rstrip()
      sprint("About to run commands '{}'".format(commands), level="verbose")
      if not quiet:
          sprint(commands)
  
      if the_shell:
          tmp = shlex.split(the_shell)
          the_shell = tmp[0]
          tmp = tmp[1:]
          if enhanced_errors and not windows_p:
              tmp.append("-e")
          tmp.append(commands)
          commands = tmp
      else:
          if enhanced_errors and not windows_p:
              commands = ["-e", commands]
  
      p = Popen(commands, shell=True, stdout=STDOUT, stderr=STDERR,
                executable=the_shell)
      out, err = p.communicate()
      if p.returncode:
          if quiet:
              error(err.decode(locale.getpreferredencoding()))
          error("Command failed to run")
          sys.exit(1)
docs: Runs the commands supplied as an argument
      It will exit the program if the commands return a
      non-zero code
  
      Args:
          the commands to run
          The settings dictionary