def ext_pillar(minion_id,  # pylint: disable=W0613
               pillar,  # pylint: disable=W0613
               command):
    try:
        command = command.replace('%s', minion_id)
        return deserialize(__salt__['cmd.run']('{0}'.format(command)))
    except Exception:
        log.critical(
                'YAML data from {0} failed to parse'.format(command)
                )
        return {}
Helper function. Returns item of `uid`.
dataset/ETHPy150Open saltstack/salt/salt/pillar/cmd_yamlex.py/ext_pillar--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open flags/Reactor-3/items.py/get_item_from_uid