Index: suite_leahi/shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py
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diff -u -rf6d23e89ccf01b57313b0e920f013dc1027706d4 -r29b13ab71d918d768cabc78211bb586d947d0908
--- suite_leahi/shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py	(.../utility.py)	(revision f6d23e89ccf01b57313b0e920f013dc1027706d4)
+++ suite_leahi/shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py	(.../utility.py)	(revision 29b13ab71d918d768cabc78211bb586d947d0908)
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 import squish
 import test
 import object
+
+def aut(name, *args):
+    """
+    Joins the executable name and argument 
+    into a single command string
+    """
+    return " ".join((name, *args))
+
    
 def get_object_from_names(names_dict, error_message = "Missing object", timeout_ms = 200):
     """
@@ -40,3 +48,36 @@
         found = findChildByText(child, target_text)
         if found:
             return found
+
+def findAllObjectsById(parent, target_id):
+    """
+    Recursively finds all child objects by their id property.
+    Returns a list of all matching objects found.
+    """
+    results = []
+    
+    # Use hasattr to safely check for 'id' property
+    if hasattr(parent, 'id') and str(parent.id) == target_id:
+        results.append(parent)
+
+    # Recurse through all children to collect all instances
+    for child in object.children(parent):
+        results.extend(findAllObjectsById(child, target_id))
+
+    return results
+
+def findAllObjectsByText(parent, target_text):
+    """
+    Recursively finds all child objects that have a 'text' property
+    matching the target_text. Returns a list of matches.
+    """
+    results = []
+    # Use hasattr to safely check for 'text' property before comparing
+    if hasattr(parent, 'text') and str(parent.text) == target_text:
+        results.append(parent)
+
+    # Recurse through all children
+    for child in object.children(parent):
+        results.extend(findAllObjectsByText(child, target_text))
+        
+    return results