commit dc1e011f3035646c81b54c265dff638ffe282ff1
Author: Bryn M. Reeves <bmr@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Aug 6 21:53:41 2013 +0100

    Strip trailing newline from command output
    
    This commit brings sos-3.x behaviour into line with earlier
    releases and produces captured command output that is consistent
    with typical shell redirection use.
    
    Resolves: bz971420

diff --git a/sos/utilities.py b/sos/utilities.py
index fcc78c5..4279b12 100644
--- a/sos/utilities.py
+++ b/sos/utilities.py
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ def sos_get_command_output(command, timeout=300):
                 stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT,
                 bufsize=-1, env = cmd_env)
         stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+        # hack to delete trailing '\n' added by p.communicate()
+        if stdout[-1:] == '\n': stdout = stdout[:-1]
         return (p.returncode, stdout, 0)
     else:
         return (127, "", 0)