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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 version(self):
 """RPM vesion string."""

        stdout = Cmd.sh_e_out('{0} --version'.format(self.rpm_path))
        rpm_version = stdout.split()[2]
        return rpm_version