def execute_command(command, args):
    """
    Runs the provided command with the given args.

    Exceptions, if any, are propogated to the caller.

    Arguments:
    command - something that extends the Command class
    args - A list of command line arguments.  If args is None, sys.argv
           (without the first argument--assumed to be the command name) will
           be used.
    """
    if args is None:
        args = sys.argv[1:]
    try:
        command.execute(args)

    except IOError as failure:
        if failure.errno == errno.EPIPE:
            # This probably means we were piped into something that terminated
            # (e.g., head).  Might be a better way to handle this, but for now
            # silently swallowing the error isn't terrible.
            pass

    except _PartialFailureException as failed:
        for failure, skipped, message in failed.failed:
            print("\nTask {} failed".format(failure), file=sys.stderr)
            print("\tError: {}".format(message), file=sys.stderr)
            print("\tSkipped: {}".format(skipped), file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(1)

    except Exception as failure:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
        print("Error: {}".format(str(failure)), file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(1)
Runs the provided command with the given args.

    Exceptions, if any, are propogated to the caller.

    Arguments:
    command - something that extends the Command class
    args - A list of command line arguments.  If args is None, sys.argv
           (without the first argument--assumed to be the command name) will
           be used.