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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'open3'
+
+module Gitlab
+  module Housekeeper
+    class Shell
+      Error = Class.new(StandardError)
+
+      def self.execute(*cmd)
+        stdin, stdout, stderr, wait_thr = Open3.popen3(*cmd)
+
+        stdin.close
+        out = stdout.read
+        stdout.close
+        err = stderr.read
+        stderr.close
+
+        exit_status = wait_thr.value
+
+        raise Error, "Failed with #{exit_status}\n#{out}\n#{err}\n" unless exit_status.success?
+
+        out + err
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end