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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _run_shell_command(self, command, pipe_it=True):
 """Runs the given shell command. :param command: :return: bool Status """

        stdout = None
        if pipe_it:
            stdout = PIPE
        self.logger.debug('Executing shell command: %s' % command)
        return not bool(Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=stdout).wait())