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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 system(*args, **kwargs):
 """Execute the given bash command"""

    kwargs.setdefault('stdout', subprocess.PIPE)
    proc = subprocess.Popen(args, **kwargs)
    out, _ = proc.communicate()
    if proc.returncode:
        raise SystemExit(proc.returncode)
    return out.decode('utf-8')