diff --git a/cgi-bin/gopher.py b/cgi-bin/gopher.py
index bfe010d..cdb710c 100644
--- a/cgi-bin/gopher.py
+++ b/cgi-bin/gopher.py
@@ -26,5 +26,15 @@ def figlet(tex,**opts):
 		ct.append("-"+k)
 		ct.append(opts[k])
 	ct.append(tex)
-	for line in subprocess.check_output(ct).decode("ascii").split("\n"):
-		text(line)
+	out(ct)
+
+def command_lines(ct):
+	for l in subprocess.check_output(ct).decode("ascii").split("\n"):
+		yield l
+
+def out(ct,f=text):
+	for l in command_lines(ct):
+		f(l)
+
+def command_t(ct):
+	out(ct)
diff --git a/cgi-bin/libtest b/cgi-bin/libtest
index 9f1409e..081d62f 100755
--- a/cgi-bin/libtest
+++ b/cgi-bin/libtest
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ text("")
 text("libgopher is a python lib for making")
 text("gopher CGI scripts. it defines functions")
 text("which allow for easy formatting of output.")
+text("")
+text("uptime")
+command_t(["/usr/bin/uptime"])