// Package util contains various utilities.
//
// TODO(a.garipov): Such packages are widely considered an antipattern. Remove
// this when we refactor our project structure.
package util
import (
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"os"
"os/exec"
"runtime"
"strings"
)
// ContainsString checks if string is in the slice of strings.
func ContainsString(strs []string, str string) bool {
for _, s := range strs {
if s == str {
return true
}
return false
// FileExists returns true if file exists.
func FileExists(fn string) bool {
_, err := os.Stat(fn)
return err == nil
// RunCommand runs shell command.
func RunCommand(command string, arguments ...string) (int, string, error) {
cmd := exec.Command(command, arguments...)
out, err := cmd.Output()
if err != nil {
return 1, "", fmt.Errorf("exec.Command(%s) failed: %v: %s", command, err, string(out))
return cmd.ProcessState.ExitCode(), string(out), nil
// SplitNext - split string by a byte and return the first chunk
// Skip empty chunks
// Whitespace is trimmed
func SplitNext(str *string, splitBy byte) string {
i := strings.IndexByte(*str, splitBy)
s := ""
if i != -1 {
s = (*str)[0:i]
*str = (*str)[i+1:]
k := 0
ch := rune(0)
for k, ch = range *str {
if byte(ch) != splitBy {
break
*str = (*str)[k:]
} else {
s = *str
*str = ""
return strings.TrimSpace(s)
// IsOpenWRT checks if OS is OpenWRT.
func IsOpenWRT() bool {
if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
body, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/etc/os-release")
return strings.Contains(string(body), "OpenWrt")