text: """
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  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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  def gather_command_outputs(logger, options, commands_list):
      """ gather the command outputs together """
      outputs = []
      for cmd in commands_list:
  
          # check if we have an output object that shouldn't be suppressed from --quiet...
          if "output" in cmd.keys():
              command_output = cmd["output"]["output"]
              logger.debug("Command output: %s", command_output)
              oo_single_key = False
              oo_single_empty_key = False
              if isinstance(command_output, dict):
                  oo_key_count = len(command_output.keys())
                  oo_single_key = oo_key_count == 1
                  if oo_single_key:
                      oo_key_values = len(command_output[list(command_output.keys())[0]])
                      oo_single_empty_key = oo_key_values == 0
  
              # check for literally no output...
              if options.quiet and (command_output is None or command_output == ""):
                  logger.debug("Command output is actually empty, skipping: %s", cmd["output"])
  
              # check if output contains a single empty object...
              elif options.quiet and oo_single_empty_key:
                  logger.debug("Command output is effectively empty, skipping: %s", cmd["output"])
  
              else:
                  outputs.append(cmd["output"])
      return outputs
  