Add in the cmd module, this is simple and can be expanded, although the basic

bases are covered

salt/modules/cmd.py

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+'''
+A module for shelling out
+
+Keep in mind that this module is insecure, in that it can give whomever has
+access to the master root execution access to all salt minions
+'''
+
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+
+def run(cmd):
+    '''
+    Execute the passed command and return the output
+    '''
+    return subprocess.Popen(cmd,
+            shell=True,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).communicate()[0]
+
+def run_stdout(cmd):
+    '''
+    Execute a command, and only return the standard out
+    '''
+    return subprocess.Popen(cmd,
+            shell=True,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+
+def run_stderr(cmd):
+    '''
+    Executa a command and only return the 
+    '''
+    return subprocess.Popen(cmd,
+            shell=True,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+
+def exec_code(lang, code):
+    '''
+    Pass in two strings, the first naming the executable language, aka -
+    python2, python3, ruby, perl, lua, etc. the second string containing
+    the code you wish to execute. The stdout and stderr will be returned
+    '''
+    cfn = tempfile.mkstemp()
+    open(cfn, 'w+').write(code)
+    return subprocess.Popen(lang + ' ' + cfn,
+            shell=True,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).communicate()[0]