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+from datetime import datetime
+import os
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+#TODO bring code over from complete module
+
+datadir=Path.home() / '.local' / 'share' / 'pyutil'
+logdir=datadir / 'log'
+
+
+def cmd(cmdstr,v=False):
+    '''run cmdstr as a command in the shell, return the output'''
+    cmdarray = cmdstr.strip().split(' ')
+    log(f'runcmd: {cmdstr}')
+    #TODO handling pipe not yet working
+    proc = subprocess.run(cmdarray, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    if proc.returncode == 0:
+        res = proc.stdout
+    else:
+        log(f'returncode = {proc.returncode}')
+        res = proc.stderr
+    return res
+
+def log(msg):
+    d = datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d')
+    fn = logdir / f'log-{d}.txt'
+    if not logdir.exists():
+        os.makedirs(logdir, exist_ok=True)
+    with open(fn, 'a') as lf:
+        lf.write(f'{d}: {msg}\n')
+        lf.close()
+
+def tnow():
+    '''
+    return: current time, formatted as %Y%m%d-%H%M%S
+    ''' 
+    return datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')
+
+
+############################
+\ No newline at end of file