diff --git a/src/util/system.cpp b/src/util/system.cpp
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+#include <cerrno>     // errno, EAGAIN, EINTR
+#include <cstddef>    // size_t
+#include <cstdio>     // perror
+#include <cstdlib>    // exit, WEXITSTATUS
+#include <cstring>    // strcpy, strtok
+#include <functional> // function
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <sys/wait.h> // waitpid
+#include <unistd.h>   // close, dup2, execvp, fork, pipe, read
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "util/system.h"
+
+namespace Util {
+
+void System::operator()(const char* command)
+{
+	// Split modifies the string, so two copies are needed
+	char charCommand[strlen(command)];
+	strcpy(charCommand, command);
+	char charCommand2[strlen(command)];
+	strcpy(charCommand2, command);
+
+	size_t index = split(charCommand, " ");
+
+	// Preallocation is roughly ~10% faster even with just a single space.
+	std::vector<char*> arguments(index + 1, 0);
+
+	split(charCommand2, " ", [&arguments](int index, char* pointer) {
+		arguments[index] = pointer;
+	});
+
+	operator()(arguments);
+}
+
+void System::operator()(std::string command)
+{
+	operator()(command.c_str());
+}
+
+void System::operator()(std::string_view command)
+{
+	operator()(command.data());
+}
+
+void System::operator()(const std::vector<const char*>& arguments)
+{
+	std::vector<char*> nonConstArguments(arguments.size() + 1, 0);
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < arguments.size(); ++i) {
+		nonConstArguments[i] = const_cast<char*>(arguments[i]);
+	}
+	operator()(nonConstArguments);
+}
+
+void System::operator()(const std::vector<std::string>& arguments)
+{
+	std::vector<char*> nonConstArguments(arguments.size() + 1, 0);
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < arguments.size(); ++i) {
+		nonConstArguments[i] = const_cast<char*>(arguments[i].c_str());
+	}
+
+	operator()(nonConstArguments);
+}
+
+void System::operator()(const std::vector<std::string_view>& arguments)
+{
+	std::vector<char*> nonConstArguments(arguments.size() + 1, 0);
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < arguments.size(); ++i) {
+		nonConstArguments[i] = const_cast<char*>(arguments[i].data());
+	}
+	operator()(nonConstArguments);
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------
+
+void System::operator()(const std::vector<char*>& arguments)
+{
+	int stdoutFd[2];
+	int stderrFd[2];
+	if (pipe(stdoutFd) < 0) {
+		perror("\033[31;1mError\033[0m");
+	}
+	if (pipe(stderrFd) < 0) {
+		perror("\033[31;1mError\033[0m");
+	}
+
+	pid_t pid = fork();
+	switch (pid) {
+	// Failed
+	case -1:
+		perror("\033[31;1mError\033[0m");
+		break;
+	// Child
+	case 0: {
+		close(stdoutFd[ReadFileDescriptor]);
+		dup2(stdoutFd[WriteFileDescriptor], fileno(stdout));
+		close(stdoutFd[WriteFileDescriptor]);
+
+		close(stderrFd[ReadFileDescriptor]);
+		dup2(stderrFd[WriteFileDescriptor], fileno(stderr));
+		close(stderrFd[WriteFileDescriptor]);
+
+		execvp(arguments[0], &arguments[0]);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+	// Parent
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	readFromFileDescriptor(stdoutFd, m_output);
+	readFromFileDescriptor(stderrFd, m_error);
+
+	int result;
+	do {
+		result = waitpid(pid, &m_status, 0);
+	} while (result == -1 && errno == EINTR);
+	m_status = WEXITSTATUS(m_status);
+}
+
+void System::readFromFileDescriptor(int fileDescriptor[2], std::string& output)
+{
+	close(fileDescriptor[WriteFileDescriptor]);
+
+	constexpr int bufferSize = 4096;
+	char buffer[bufferSize];
+
+	do {
+		const ssize_t result = read(fileDescriptor[ReadFileDescriptor], buffer, bufferSize);
+		// FIXME: also handle failure cases
+		if (result > 0) {
+			output.append(buffer, result);
+		}
+	} while (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR);
+
+	if (!output.empty() && output.find_last_of('\n') == output.size() - 1) {
+		output.pop_back();
+	}
+
+	close(fileDescriptor[ReadFileDescriptor]);
+}
+
+size_t System::split(char* split, const char* delimiters, SplitCallback callback)
+{
+	size_t index = 0;
+	char* pointer = strtok(split, delimiters);
+	while (pointer != nullptr) {
+		if (callback) {
+			callback(index, pointer);
+		}
+		index++;
+		pointer = strtok(nullptr, delimiters);
+	}
+
+	return index;
+}
+
+} // namespace Util
diff --git a/src/util/system.h b/src/util/system.h
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+++ b/src/util/system.h
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+#ifndef SYSTEM_H
+#define SYSTEM_H
+
+#include <cstddef>    // size_t
+#include <functional> // function
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace Util {
+
+using SplitCallback = std::function<void(size_t, char*)>;
+
+class System {
+public:
+	System() {}
+	virtual ~System() {}
+
+	enum FileDescriptor {
+		ReadFileDescriptor,
+		WriteFileDescriptor,
+	};
+
+	void operator()(const char* command);
+	void operator()(std::string command);
+	void operator()(std::string_view command);
+	void operator()(const std::vector<const char*>& arguments);
+	void operator()(const std::vector<std::string>& arguments);
+	void operator()(const std::vector<std::string_view>& arguments);
+
+	std::string output() const { return m_output; }
+	std::string error() const { return m_error; }
+	int status() const { return m_status; }
+
+private:
+	void operator()(const std::vector<char*>& arguments);
+	void readFromFileDescriptor(int fileDescriptor[2], std::string& output);
+	size_t split(char* split, const char* delimiters, SplitCallback callback = {});
+
+	std::string m_output;
+	std::string m_error;
+	int m_status { 0 };
+};
+
+} // namespace Util
+
+#endif // SYSTEM_H