Algorithm 2. Part of the “run” function within the abstract ToolExecutor class.

self.logger.debug(f’Running command: <{command}>’)

if self.verbose:

self.logger.debug(f’\tkeywords: <{proc_flags}>’)

try:

output = subprocess.run(command, **proc_flags)

except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as e:

self.logger.debug(f’Process timout’)

return True

else:

if self.verbose:

self.logger.debug(f’Captured stdout: <{output.stdout[:-1]}>’)

self.logger.debug(f’Captured stderr: <{output.stderr}>’)

return output