code: def run_command(cmd):
      
      child = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                               stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
      out = [s.decode("utf-8").strip() for s in child.stdout]
      err = [s.decode("utf-8").strip() for s in child.stderr]
      w = child.wait()
      return os.WEXITSTATUS(w), out, err
docs: Open a child process, and return its exit status and stdout.