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diff --git a/linuxstatus/timer.go b/linuxstatus/timer.go
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+package linuxstatus
+
+import (
+	"time"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// timeFunction takes a function as an argument and returns the execution time.
+func timeFunction(f func()) time.Duration {
+	startTime := time.Now() // Record the start time
+	f()                     // Execute the function
+	return time.Since(startTime) // Calculate the elapsed time
+}
+
+// sortLines takes a string, splits it on newlines, sorts the lines,
+// and rejoins them with newlines.
+func sortLines(input string) string {
+	lines := strings.Split(input, "\n")
+
+	// Trim leading and trailing whitespace from each line
+	for i, line := range lines {
+		lines[i] = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+	}
+
+	sort.Strings(lines)
+	tmp := strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+	tmp = strings.TrimLeft(tmp, "\n")
+	tmp = strings.TrimRight(tmp, "\n")
+	return tmp
+}