Facter.add(:foo) do setcode 'not_a_valid_command' end Facter.add(:foo) do setcode do Facter::Core::Execution.exec('not_a_valid_command') end end Facter.add(:foo) do setcode do begin Facter::Core::Execution.execute('not_a_valid_command') 'bar' rescue Facter::Core::Execution::ExecutionFailure => ex end end end