diff --git a/command b/command
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..53a8d6ffff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import json
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import datetime
+
+args = sys.argv[1:]
+startd = datetime.datetime.now()
+
+cmd = subprocess.Popen(args, shell=True, 
+    stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+out, err = cmd.communicate()
+endd = datetime.datetime.now()
+delta = endd - startd
+
+result = {
+   "stdout" : out,
+   "stderr" : err,
+   "rc"     : cmd.returncode,
+   "start"  : str(startd),
+   "end"    : str(endd),
+   "delta"  : str(delta),
+}
+
+print json.dumps(result)