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diff --git a/devscripts/utils.py b/devscripts/utils.py
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+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import argparse
+import functools
+import os.path
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+dirn = os.path.dirname
+
+sys.path.insert(0, dirn(dirn(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+from youtube_dl.compat import (
+    compat_kwargs,
+    compat_open as open,
+)
+
+
+def read_file(fname):
+    with open(fname, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+def write_file(fname, content, mode='w'):
+    with open(fname, mode, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        return f.write(content)
+
+
+def read_version(fname='youtube_dl/version.py'):
+    """Get the version without importing the package"""
+    exec(compile(read_file(fname), fname, 'exec'))
+    return locals()['__version__']
+
+
+def get_filename_args(has_infile=False, default_outfile=None):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    if has_infile:
+        parser.add_argument('infile', help='Input file')
+    kwargs = {'nargs': '?', 'default': default_outfile} if default_outfile else {}
+    kwargs['help'] = 'Output file'
+    parser.add_argument('outfile', **compat_kwargs(kwargs))
+
+    opts = parser.parse_args()
+    if has_infile:
+        return opts.infile, opts.outfile
+    return opts.outfile
+
+
+def compose_functions(*functions):
+    return lambda x: functools.reduce(lambda y, f: f(y), functions, x)
+
+
+def run_process(*args, **kwargs):
+    kwargs.setdefault('text', True)
+    kwargs.setdefault('check', True)
+    kwargs.setdefault('capture_output', True)
+    if kwargs['text']:
+        kwargs.setdefault('encoding', 'utf-8')
+        kwargs.setdefault('errors', 'replace')
+        kwargs = compat_kwargs(kwargs)
+    return subprocess.run(args, **kwargs)