code: def runner(fun, arg=None, timeout=5):
      '''
      Execute a runner on the master and return the data from the runnr function
  
      CLI Example:
  
      .. code-block:: bash
  
          salt-ssh '*' publish.runner jobs.lookup_jid 20140916125524463507
      '''
      # Form args as list
      if not isinstance(arg, list):
          arg = [salt.utils.args.yamlify_arg(arg)]
      else:
          arg = [salt.utils.args.yamlify_arg(x) for x in arg]
      if len(arg) == 1 and arg[0] is None:
          arg = []
  
      # Create and run the runner
      runner = salt.runner.RunnerClient(__opts__['__master_opts__'])
      return runner.cmd(fun, argf runner(fun, arg=None, timeout=5):
      '''
      Execute a runner on the master and return the data from the runnr function
  
      CLI Example:
  
      .. code-block:: bash
  
          salt-ssh '*' publish.runner jobs.lookup_jid 20140916125524463507
      '''
      # Form args as list
      if not isinstance(arg, list):
          arg = [salt.utils.args.yamlify_arg(arg)]
      else:
          arg = [salt.utils.args.yamlify_arg(x) for x in arg]
      if len(arg) == 1 and arg[0] is None:
          arg = []
  
      # Create and run the runner
      runner = salt.runner.RunnerClient(__opts__['__master_opts__'])
      return runner.cmd(fun, arg)
docs: Execute a runner on the master and return the data from the runnr function
  
      CLI Example:
  
      .. code-block:: bash
  
          salt-ssh '*' publish.runner jobs.lookup_jid 20140916125524463507