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[etc/awesome.git] / helpers.lua

diff --git a/helpers.lua b/helpers.lua
index f32c4ad57bee9d28e9bf434344d151ab0f0c2cf0..4e5ce1facc505c5a78617fa40181120b4f1f5826 100644 (file)
--- a/helpers.lua
+++ b/helpers.lua
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ local easy_async = require("awful.spawn").easy_async
 local timer      = require("gears.timer")
 local debug      = require("debug")
 local io         = { lines = io.lines,
-                     open  = io.open,
-                     popen = io.popen }
+                     open  = io.open }
 local rawget     = rawget
 local table      = { sort  = table.sort }
 
@@ -108,16 +107,6 @@ end
 
 -- {{{ Pipe operations
 
--- return the full output of an input command (synchronous pipe)
--- @param cmd the input command
--- @return command output (string)
-function helpers.read_pipe(cmd)
-   local f = io.popen(cmd)
-   local output = f:read("*all")
-   f:close()
-   return output
-end
-
 -- run a command and execute a function on its output (asynchronous pipe)
 -- @param cmd the input command
 -- @param callback function to execute on cmd output