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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 execute(scope, command):
 """ Executes the given command locally. :type command: string :param command: A shell command. """

    process = Popen(command[0],
                    shell=True,
                    stdin=PIPE,
                    stdout=PIPE,
                    stderr=STDOUT,
                    close_fds=True)
    scope.define(__response__=process.stdout.read())
    return True