add basic workspace parsing

include/helpers/systemHelper.hpp

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+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+
+class SystemHelper
+{
+  public:
+    static std::string get_command_output(const char *cmd)
+    {
+        std::array<char, 128> buffer;
+        std::string result;
+        std::unique_ptr<FILE, int (*)(FILE *)> pipe(popen(cmd, "r"), pclose);
+
+        if (!pipe)
+        {
+            throw std::runtime_error("popen() failed!");
+        }
+
+        // Read the output a chunk at a time until the stream ends
+        while (fgets(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), pipe.get()) != nullptr)
+        {
+            result += buffer.data();
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+};