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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_cmd(command, verbose=True, shell='/bin/bash'):
 """internal helper function to run shell commands and get output"""

    process = Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, executable=shell)
    output = process.stdout.read().decode().strip().split('\n')
    if verbose:
        # return full output including empty lines
        return output
    return [line for line in output if line.strip()]