old_contents: import subprocess
  import string
  
  class Command(object):
  
    def execute(self, command: str):
      cliArgs = self.parseCliArgs(command)
  
      process = subprocess.Popen(cliArgs, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
      output, err = process.communicate()
      if process.returncode != 0:
        return False
  
      return output.decode("utf-8").strip()
  
    def parseCliArgs(self, command: str):
      rawArgs = command.split(" ")
  
      parsedArgs = []
      tmpString = False
      isSingle = False
      isDouble = False
      for arg in rawArgs:
        # handle  strings in single quotes
        if arg.startswith("'") and isSingle == False and isDouble == False:
          isSingle = True
          tmpString = arg
  
        elif arg.endswith("'") and isSingle == True:
          arg = "%s %s" % (tmpString, arg)
          parsedArgs.append(arg)
          isSingle = False
          tmpString = False
  
        # handle strings in double quotes
        elif arg.startswith('"') and isDouble == False and isSingle == False:
          isDouble = True
          tmpString = arg
  
        elif arg.endswith('"') and isDouble == True:
          arg = "%s %s" % (tmpString, arg)
          parsedArgs.append(arg)
          isDouble = False
          tmpString = False
  
        # extend current string
        elif tmpString != False:
          tmpString = "%s %s" % (tmpString, arg)
  
        else:
          parsedArgs.append(arg)
  
      return parsedArgs
new_contents: import subprocess
  import string
  
  from pprint import pprint
  
  class Command(object):
  
    def execute(self, command: str):
      cliArgs = self.parseCliArgs(command)
  
      pprint(cliArgs)
  
      process = subprocess.Popen(cliArgs, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
      output, err = process.communicate()
      if process.returncode != 0:
        return False
  
      return output.decode("utf-8").strip()
  
    def parseCliArgs(self, command: str):
      rawArgs = command.split(" ")
  
      parsedArgs = []
      tmpString = False
      isSingle = False
      isDouble = False
      for arg in rawArgs:
        # handle  strings in single quotes
        if arg.startswith("'") and isSingle == False and isDouble == False:
          isSingle = True
          tmpString = arg
  
        elif arg.endswith("'") and isSingle == True:
          arg = "%s %s" % (tmpString, arg)
          parsedArgs.append(arg)
          isSingle = False
          tmpString = False
  
        # handle strings in double quotes
        elif arg.startswith('"') and isDouble == False and isSingle == False:
          isDouble = True
          tmpString = arg
  
        elif arg.endswith('"') and isDouble == True:
          arg = "%s %s" % (tmpString, arg)
          parsedArgs.append(arg)
          isDouble = False
          tmpString = False
  
        # extend current string
        elif tmpString != False:
          tmpString = "%s %s" % (tmpString, arg)
  
        else:
          parsedArgs.append(arg)
  
      return parsedArgs
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