5a5d63d41c03e0f384569bd1b18b7c70f1158e69
gperez2
  Mon Dec 8 15:16:22 2025 -0800
Code review edits, refs #36815

diff --git src/utils/qa/checkStaticDocsDiff.py src/utils/qa/checkStaticDocsDiff.py
index 3500d75e1fe..8311ed64f5d 100755
--- src/utils/qa/checkStaticDocsDiff.py
+++ src/utils/qa/checkStaticDocsDiff.py
@@ -1,37 +1,20 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-# Program Header
-# Name:   Gerardo Perez
-# Description: A program that reports differences in static HTML docs
-#              across hgwdev, hgwbeta, and hgw0.
-#
-#
-# checkStaticDocsDiff.py
-#
-#
-
 import subprocess
 import argparse
 
-# Run a bash command locally
-def bash(cmd):
-    """Executes a shell command locally and returns output as a list of lines."""
-    rawOutput = subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, shell=True,
-                               stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
-    return rawOutput.stdout.split('\n')[0:-1]
-
 # Run a command on a remote host via SSH
 def get_checksums_via_ssh(host, command):
     """Executes a checksum command on a remote host via SSH."""
     result = subprocess.run(
         ["ssh", "qateam@" + host, command],
         capture_output=True, text=True
     )
     return result.stdout
 
 # Parse md5sum output into a dict. Example line: "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  /path/to/file.html"
 # Produces: { "/path/to/file.html": "d41d8cd..." }
 def parse_checksums(output):
     """Parses md5sum output into a dictionary mapping filename -> checksum."""
     checksums = {}
     for line in output.splitlines():