def _execute_command(cmd, at_time=None):
 if at_time:
  cmd = "echo '{0}' | at {1}".format(cmd, _cmd_quote(at_time))
 return (not bool(__salt__['cmd.retcode'](cmd, python_shell=True)))

def _execute_command ( cmd , at_time = None ) : if at_time : cmd = "echo '{0}' | at {1}" . format ( cmd , _cmd_quote ( at_time ) ) return ( not bool ( __salt__ [ 'cmd.retcode' ] ( cmd , python_shell = True ) ) )
helper function to execute the command .