def read(*parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
    resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()
def runcmd(cmd, **kw):  # same code as in getlino.py
    """Run the cmd similar as os.system(), but stop when Ctrl-C."""
    # kw.update(stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    # kw.update(stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
    kw.update(shell=True)
    kw.update(universal_newlines=True)
    kw.update(check=True)
    # subprocess.check_output(cmd, **kw)
    subprocess.run(cmd, **kw)
    # os.system(cmd)