--- /dev/null
+#include <err.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "util.h"
+
+const char *
+run_command(const char *cmd)
+{
+ char *p;
+ FILE *fp;
+
+ fp = popen(cmd, "r");
+ if (fp == NULL) {
+ warn("Failed to get command output for %s", cmd);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ p = fgets(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, fp);
+ pclose(fp);
+ if (!p)
+ return NULL;
+ if ((p = strrchr(buf, '\n')) != NULL)
+ p[0] = '\0';
+
+ return buf[0] ? buf : NULL;
+}