def run(cmd, **popen_args):
"""run the command, show the output, and return (stdout, stderr, returncode)"""
from pgctl.subprocess import Popen, PIPE
process = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, **popen_args)
stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
stdout, stderr = stdout.decode('UTF-8'), stderr.decode('UTF-8')
show_both(stdout, stderr)
return stdout, stderr, process.returncode
