Add a function for showing a command whilst executing it.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/make/common.pm b/make/common.pm
index 49d4b7798..636c3d5d6 100644
--- a/make/common.pm
+++ b/make/common.pm
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ use File::Spec::Functions qw(rel2abs);
 use make::console;
 
 our @EXPORT = qw(create_directory
+                 execute
                  get_cpu_count
                  get_version
                  read_config_file
@@ -47,6 +48,11 @@ sub create_directory($$) {
 	} // 0;
 }
 
+sub execute(@) {
+	print_format "<|BOLD \$|> @_\n";
+	return system @_;
+}
+
 sub get_version {
 	state %version;
 	return %version if %version;