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diff --git a/pactl-widget/utils.lua b/pactl-widget/utils.lua
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+local utils = {}
+
+
+function utils.trim(str)
+    return string.match(str, "^%s*(.-)%s*$")
+end
+
+function utils.split(string_to_split, separator)
+    if separator == nil then separator = "%s" end
+    local t = {}
+
+    for str in string.gmatch(string_to_split, "([^".. separator .."]+)") do
+        table.insert(t, str)
+    end
+
+    return t
+end
+
+function utils.popen_and_return(cmd)
+    local handle = io.popen(cmd)
+    local result = handle:read("*a")
+    handle:close()
+
+    return result
+end
+
+
+return utils