def run(cmd_str,cwd='.',verbose=False):
    """ an OS agnostic function to execute a command line

    Parameters
    ----------
    cmd_str : str
        the str to execute with os.system()

    cwd : str
        the directory to execute the command in

    verbose : bool
        flag to echo to stdout complete cmd str

    Note
    ----
    uses platform to detect OS and adds .exe suffix or ./ prefix as appropriate

    for Windows, if os.system returns non-zero, raises exception

    Example
    -------
    ``>>>import pyemu``

    ``>>>pyemu.helpers.run("pestpp pest.pst")``

    """
    bwd = os.getcwd()
    os.chdir(cwd)
    try:
        exe_name = cmd_str.split()[0]
        if "window" in platform.platform().lower():
            if not exe_name.lower().endswith("exe"):
                raw = cmd_str.split()
                raw[0] = exe_name + ".exe"
                cmd_str = ' '.join(raw)
        else:
            if exe_name.lower().endswith('exe'):
                raw = cmd_str.split()
                exe_name = exe_name.replace('.exe','')
                raw[0] = exe_name
                cmd_str = '{0} {1} '.format(*raw)
            if os.path.exists(exe_name) and not exe_name.startswith('./'):
                cmd_str = "./" + cmd_str


    except Exception as e:
        os.chdir(bwd)
        raise Exception("run() error preprocessing command line :{0}".format(str(e)))
    if verbose:
        print("run():{0}".format(cmd_str))

    try:
        ret_val = os.system(cmd_str)
    except Exception as e:
        os.chdir(bwd)
        raise Exception("run() raised :{0}".format(str(e)))
    os.chdir(bwd)
    if "window" in platform.platform().lower():
        if ret_val != 0:
            raise Exception("run() returned non-zero")
an OS agnostic function to execute a command line

    Parameters
    ----------
    cmd_str : str
        the str to execute with os.system()

    cwd : str
        the directory to execute the command in

    verbose : bool
        flag to echo to stdout complete cmd str

    Note
    ----
    uses platform to detect OS and adds .exe suffix or ./ prefix as appropriate

    for Windows, if os.system returns non-zero, raises exception

    Example
    -------
    ``>>>import pyemu``

    ``>>>pyemu.helpers.run("pestpp pest.pst")``