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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(cmd):
 """ Open a child process, and return its exit status and stdout. """

    child = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                             stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    out = [s.decode("utf-8").strip() for s in child.stdout]
    err = [s.decode("utf-8").strip() for s in child.stderr]
    w = child.wait()
    return os.WEXITSTATUS(w), out, err