CheckForExecutables takes a map of executables of the form {"name_of_executable": "whatever"} and checks if each executable is in $PATH.

CheckRunningUserNotRoot checks that the current user running any of the executables is not the system root user.

ContextWithOverrideTimeout takes a parent context and returns a new context with an override timeout set.

ContextWithVerbose wraps a context with a verbose=true value.

GetArgsFromTemplate takes a template string and breaks it into a slice of args.

GetOverrideTimeoutFromContext returns the override timeout value from a context if it's been stored and type-checks it.

GetProperTimeoutFromContext takes a context and a default duration, and tries to see if the context is holding an overrideTimeout key.

GetVerboseFromContext returns the type-checked value of the verbose contextKey from a context if it has been stored.

IsSliceSubSlice verifies every element within sliceOne is contained within sliceTwo.

MergeCmdArgs is meant to take a FlagSet that defines defaults and flags for a particular command, for example ping, and merges the extraArgs with the defaults.

TemplateToCommand takes a *template.Template and a struct, cmdArgs, and executes the template with those args.