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Build a Recipe Runner Mock in Python

A Python script that mocks a command runner recipe system: maps recipe names to shell commands, executes them with subprocess, and prints the output and exit code.

subprocess command-runner recipes
Python 
import subprocess
import sys


def run_recipe(recipe: str) -> None:
    """Simulate a command runner recipe by printing the command and exit code."""
    print(f"Running recipe: {recipe}")
    result = subprocess.run(recipe, shell=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
    print(f"Exit code: {result.returncode}")
    i…
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