diff --git a/lib/NGCP/BulkProcessor/Utils.pm b/lib/NGCP/BulkProcessor/Utils.pm
index ed4af0b..0fd8237 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/BulkProcessor/Utils.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/BulkProcessor/Utils.pm
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
     check_ipnet
     
     unshare
+    run
 );
 
 our $chmod_umask = 0777;
@@ -1060,4 +1061,26 @@ sub unshare {
 
 }
 
+sub run {
+
+    my (@commandandargs) = @_;
+
+    system(@commandandargs);
+
+    my $command = shift @commandandargs;
+
+    if ($? == -1) {
+        return (0,'failed to execute ' . $command . ': ' . $!);
+    } elsif ($? & 127) {
+        return (0,sprintf($command . ' died with signal %d, %s dump', ($? & 127), ($? & 128) ? 'with' : 'without'));
+    } else {
+        if ($? == 0) {
+            return (1,sprintf($command . ' exited with value %d', $? >> 8));
+        } else {
+            return (0,sprintf($command . ' exited with value %d', $? >> 8));
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
 1;