python-bash-replacement.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import subprocess
import shlex
import os
from pathlib import Path


def chdir_to_script_location():
    abspath = os.path.abspath(__file__)
    dname = os.path.dirname(abspath)
    os.chdir(dname)


def run(cmd, ignore_fail=False):
    check = not ignore_fail
    return subprocess.run(
        shlex.split(cmd), check=check, stdout=subprocess.PIPE
    ).stdout.decode("UTF-8")