yeah i should have done this before, i know

core/core.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package core
+
+import (
+	"github.com/op/go-logging"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var log = logging.MustGetLogger("mitm")
+
+func Exec(executable string, args []string) (string, error) {
+	path, err := exec.LookPath(executable)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	log.Debugf(DIM+"Exec( '%s %s' )"+RESET+"\n", path, strings.Join(args, " "))
+	raw, err := exec.Command(path, args...).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("  err=%s out='%s'\n", err, raw)
+		return "", err
+	} else {
+		return strings.Trim(string(raw), "\r\n\t "), nil
+	}
+}