subprocess

import subprocess

_VERBOSE = True
def run_cmd(cmd):
    if _VERBOSE:
        print cmd
    process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                               stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                               stdin=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
    stdout, stderr = process.communicate(input=None)
    rc = process.wait()
    if stdout and _VERBOSE:
        print stdout
    if stderr:
        raise Fatal('stderr=%s' % stderr)
    if rc:
        raise Fatal('RC=%s' % rc)
    return rc, stdout, stderr

out= run_cmd('ls -l')