From e6ff94c45fb692d7081a5a1710d164d845941b00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shane C <shane@scaffoe.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 11:33:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add python command

---
 cmd/python.go | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 cmd/python.go

diff --git a/cmd/python.go b/cmd/python.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1ddc22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/python.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var PythonNotFound = errors.New("python not found")
+
+func Python(args ...string) (output string, err error) {
+
+	if _, err := Which("python3"); err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
+			return "", PythonNotFound
+		} else {
+			return "", err
+		}
+	}
+
+	command := exec.Command("python3", args...)
+
+	outputBytes, err := command.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		var exitErr *exec.ExitError
+		if errors.As(err, &exitErr) {
+			if exitErr.ExitCode() == 1 {
+				return "", ErrNotFound
+			} else {
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("command error: %w", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return strings.Trim(string(outputBytes), "\n"), nil
+
+}