def _parse_os_release(*os_release_files):
    '''
    Parse os-release and return a parameter dictionary

    See http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html
    for specification of the file format.
    '''
    ret = {}
    for filename in os_release_files:
        try:
            with salt.utils.files.fopen(filename) as ifile:
                regex = re.compile('^([\\w]+)=(?:\'|")?(.*?)(?:\'|")?$')
                for line in ifile:
                    match = regex.match(line.strip())
                    if match:
                        # Shell special characters ("$", quotes, backslash,
                        # backtick) are escaped with backslashes
                        ret[match.group(1)] = re.sub(
                            r'\\([$"\'\\`])', r'\1', match.group(2)
                        )
            break
        except (IOError, OSError):
            pass

    return ret