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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+r"""
+PLDM functions.
+"""
+
+import re
+import var_funcs as vf
+import func_args as fa
+import bmc_ssh_utils as bsu
+
+
+def pldmtool(option_string, parse_results=1, **bsu_options):
+    r"""
+    Run pldmtool on the BMC with the caller's option string and return the result.
+
+    Example:
+
+    ${pldm_results}=  Pldmtool  base GetPLDMTypes
+    Rprint Vars  pldm_results
+
+    pldm_results:
+      [request_message]:                              08 01 80 00 04
+      [success_in_creating_the_socket]:               RC = 3
+      [success_in_connecting_to_socket]:              RC = 0
+      [success_in_sending_message_type_as_pldm_to_mctp]:RC = 0
+      [write_to_socket_successful]:                   RC = 5
+      [total_length]:                                 14
+      [loopback_response_message]:                    08 01 80 00 04
+      [on_first_recv(),response_==_request]:          RC = 0
+      [shutdown_socket_successful]:                   RC = 0
+      [response_message]:                             08 01 00 00 04 00 0d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
+      [supported_types]:
+        [raw]:
+          [0]:                                        0
+          [1]:                                        2
+          [2]:                                        3
+        [text]:
+          [0]:                                        base
+          [1]:                                        platform
+          [2]:                                        bios
+
+    Description of argument(s):
+    option_string                   A string of options which are to be processed by the pldmtool command.
+    parse_results                   Parse the pldmtool results and return a dictionary rather than the raw
+                                    pldmtool output.
+    bsu_options                     Options to be passed directly to bmc_execute_command.  See its prolog for
+                                    details.
+    """
+
+    # This allows callers to specify arguments in python style (e.g. print_out=1 vs. print_out=${1}).
+    bsu_options = fa.args_to_objects(bsu_options)
+
+    stdout, stderr, rc = bsu.bmc_execute_command('pldmtool ' + option_string, **bsu_options)
+
+    if parse_results:
+        # Remove linefeeds following colons.
+        stdout = re.sub(":\n", ":", stdout)
+        # Remove first line (e.g. "Encode request successfully").
+        stdout = re.sub("^.*\\n", "", stdout)
+        result = vf.key_value_outbuf_to_dict(stdout)
+        if 'supported_types' in result:
+            # 'supported types' begins like this:
+            # 0(base) 2(platform) 3(bios)
+            # Parsing it to look like it does in the example above.
+            supported_types = {'raw': [], 'text': []}
+            for entry in result['supported_types'].split(" "):
+                record = entry.split("(")
+                supported_types['raw'].append(record[0])
+                supported_types['text'].append(record[1].rstrip(")"))
+            result['supported_types'] = supported_types
+        return result
+
+    return stdout