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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(command, **kw):
 """Run `command`, catch any exception, and return lines of output."""

    # Windows low-level subprocess API wants str for current working
    # directory.
    if sys.platform == 'win32':
        _cwd = kw.get('cwd', None)
        if _cwd is not None:
            kw['cwd'] = _cwd.decode()
    try:
        # In Python 3, iterating over bytes yield integers, so we call
        # `splitlines()` to force Python 3 to give us lines instead.
        return check_output(command, **kw).splitlines()
    except CalledProcessError:
        return ()
    except FileNotFoundError:
        print("The {} binary was not found. Skipping directory {}.\n"
              .format(command[0], kw['cwd'].decode("UTF-8")))
        return ()