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diff --git a/system/utils.py b/system/utils.py
index 589f77a..4468b20 100644
--- a/system/utils.py
+++ b/system/utils.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def show_spec(message,spec,depth=2):
 
 def system(command):
     now=time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", time.localtime())
-    print "+",now
+    print "+",now,':',command
     return os.system("set -x; " + command)
 
 # checks whether a given hostname/ip responds to ping
@@ -36,3 +36,15 @@ def check_ping (hostname):
     command="ping -c 1 %s 1 %s"%(ping_timeout_option,hostname)
     (status,output) = commands.getstatusoutput(command)
     return status == 0
+
+# inserts a backslash before each occurence of the following chars
+# \ " ' < > & | ; ( ) $ * ~ 
+def backslash_shell_specials (command):
+    result=''
+    for char in command:
+        if char in "\\\"'<>&|;()$*~":
+            result +='\\'+char
+        else:
+            result +=char
+    return result
+