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diff --git a/cmd/statrep/generic.ha b/cmd/statrep/generic.ha
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+use os::exec;
+use shlex;
+use strings;
+use io;
+use os;
+
+type generic = struct {
+	section: section,
+	cmd: str,
+	value: str,
+};
+
+fn buildgeneric(cmd: str) generic = {
+	let gen = generic {
+		section = section {
+			label = "generic: ",
+		},
+		cmd = cmd,
+		...
+	};
+	updategeneric(&gen)!;
+	return gen;
+};
+
+fn updategeneric(gen: *generic) (void | shlex::syntaxerr | exec::error) = {
+	const spl = shlex::split(gen.cmd)?;
+	const cmd = exec::cmd(spl[0], spl[1..]...)?;
+	let pipe = exec::pipe();
+	exec::addfile(&cmd, os::stdout_file, pipe.1);
+	let proc = exec::start(&cmd)?;
+	io::close(pipe.1)!;
+	let data = io::drain(pipe.0)!;
+	defer free(data);
+	io::close(pipe.0)!;
+	exec::wait(&proc)!;
+	gen.value = strings::dup(strings::trim(strings::fromutf8(data)!));
+};
+
+fn finishgeneric(gen: *generic) void = {
+	free(gen.value);
+};