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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 _check_retcode(cmd):
    '''
    Simple internal wrapper for cmdmod.retcode
    '''
    return salt.modules.cmdmod.retcode(cmd, output_loglevel='quiet', ignore_retcode=True) == 0