Fix issue with shell commands containing "<>" and unecessary (and poor) escaping

util.go

@@ -5,19 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// escapeCommandShell accepts a command to be executed by a shell and escapes it
-func escapeCommandShell(command string) string {
-	// Remove extra spaces and newlines from ends
-	command = strings.TrimSpace(command)
-	// TODO: Not sure if this part is actually needed. Should verify
-	// Escape double quotes since this will be passed in as an argument
-	command = strings.Replace(command, `"`, `\"`, -1)
-	return command
-}
-
 // ShellCommand takes a string and executes it as a command using `sh`
 func ShellCommand(command string) *exec.Cmd {
-	shellCommand := []string{"sh", "-c", escapeCommandShell(command)}
+	shellCommand := []string{"sh", "-c", strings.TrimSpace(command)}
 	//log.Printf("Shell command: %v", shellCommand)
 	return exec.Command(shellCommand[0], shellCommand[1:]...)
 }