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+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+import subprocess
+import json
+import os
+from pprint import pprint
+import time
+
+test_tmp_file=os.getcwd()+os.sep+"dpctloutputtmp.tmp"
+
+
+def apply_dpctl(test, config, cmd):
+    switch_ip = config["switch_ip"]
+    if len(switch_ip) == 0:
+        assert(0)
+
+    #apply dpctl command     
+    #subprocess.call(os.getcwd()+"/dpctl tcp:"+switch_ip+":6633 "+cmd+" > "+test_tmp_file, shell=True)
+    subprocess.call("dpctl tcp:"+switch_ip+":6633 "+cmd+" > "+test_tmp_file, shell=True)
+    time.sleep(0.2)
+    
+def apply_dpctl_get_cmd(test, config, cmd):
+
+    #create the tmp file
+    if not os.path.isfile(test_tmp_file):
+        open(test_tmp_file, "w").close()
+        subprocess.call(["sudo", "chmod", "a+w", test_tmp_file])
+
+    apply_dpctl(test, config, cmd)
+
+    #parse result
+    with open(test_tmp_file) as tmp_file:
+        try:
+            json_result=json.loads(tmp_file.read(), encoding='utf-8')
+        except ValueError:
+            subprocess.call("cat "+ test_tmp_file, shell=True)
+            """
+            https://docs.python.org/2/library/unittest.html#
+            """            
+            test.assertTrue(False, "NO json format, dpctl may fail")
+    
+    return json_result            
+    
+def apply_dpctl_mod(test, config, cmd):    
+    apply_dpctl(test, config, cmd)
+    
+    
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