diff --git a/vscode-extensions/debug-certificate-manager-vscode-extension/src/extension.ts b/vscode-extensions/debug-certificate-manager-vscode-extension/src/extension.ts
index 3e027fa5574..bc35709db4a 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/debug-certificate-manager-vscode-extension/src/extension.ts
+++ b/vscode-extensions/debug-certificate-manager-vscode-extension/src/extension.ts
@@ -209,21 +209,16 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): void {
         if (vscode.env.remoteName) {
           const markerPrefix: string = '<<<HOMEDIR_START>>>';
           const markerSuffix: string = '<<<HOMEDIR_END>>>';
-          const output: string = await runWorkspaceCommandAsync({
+          homeDir = await runWorkspaceCommandAsync({
             terminalOptions: { name: 'debug-certificate-manager', hideFromUser: true },
-            // Wrapping the desired node output in markers to trim uninteresting shell output.
             commandLine: `node -p "'${markerPrefix}' + require('os').homedir() + '${markerSuffix}'"`,
-            terminal
+            terminal,
+            outputMarker: {
+              prefix: markerPrefix,
+              suffix: markerSuffix
+            }
           });
-          terminal.writeLine(`Running command to resolve home directory: ${output}`);
-
-          const startIndex: number = output.lastIndexOf(markerPrefix);
-          const endIndex: number = output.lastIndexOf(markerSuffix);
-          if (startIndex !== -1 && endIndex !== -1 && endIndex > startIndex) {
-            homeDir = output.substring(startIndex + markerPrefix.length, endIndex).trim();
-          } else {
-            throw new Error('Failed to parse home directory from command output');
-          }
+          terminal.writeLine(`Running command to resolve home directory: ${homeDir}`);
         } else {
           homeDir = require('os').homedir();
         }
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension/src/extension.ts b/vscode-extensions/playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension/src/extension.ts
index 251dac4e6e4..e18bee18bd4 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension/src/extension.ts
+++ b/vscode-extensions/playwright-local-browser-server-vscode-extension/src/extension.ts
@@ -47,20 +47,16 @@ async function writeExtensionInstalledFileAsync(terminal: ITerminal): Promise<vo
     if (vscode.env.remoteName) {
       const markerPrefix: string = '<<<TEMPDIR_START>>>';
       const markerSuffix: string = '<<<TEMPDIR_END>>>';
-      const output: string = await runWorkspaceCommandAsync({
+      tempDir = await runWorkspaceCommandAsync({
         terminalOptions: { name: 'playwright-local-browser-server', hideFromUser: true },
         commandLine: `node -p "'${markerPrefix}' + require('node:os').tmpdir() + '${markerSuffix}'"`,
-        terminal
+        terminal,
+        outputMarker: {
+          prefix: markerPrefix,
+          suffix: markerSuffix
+        }
       });
 
-      const startIndex: number = output.indexOf(markerPrefix);
-      const endIndex: number = output.indexOf(markerSuffix);
-      if (startIndex !== -1 && endIndex !== -1 && endIndex > startIndex) {
-        tempDir = output.substring(startIndex + markerPrefix.length, endIndex).trim();
-      } else {
-        throw new Error('Failed to parse temp directory from command output');
-      }
-
       // For remote environments, use the vscode-remote scheme
       // The workspace folder should have the correct scheme already
       const workspaceFolder: vscode.WorkspaceFolder | undefined = vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders?.[0];
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-shared/src/runWorkspaceCommandAsync.ts b/vscode-extensions/vscode-shared/src/runWorkspaceCommandAsync.ts
index a84c376c055..8d00a91c42d 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-shared/src/runWorkspaceCommandAsync.ts
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-shared/src/runWorkspaceCommandAsync.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,37 @@ import { ITerminal } from '@rushstack/terminal';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { stripVTControlCharacters } from 'node:util';
 
+/**
+ * Options for extracting a specific value from the command output using markers.
+ * When provided, the function will search for the markers in the command output and
+ * return only the content between them. This is useful for extracting specific
+ * values from shell output that may contain additional noise.
+ */
+export interface IOutputMarkerOptions {
+  /**
+   * The prefix marker used to identify the start of the desired output.
+   */
+  prefix: string;
+  /**
+   * The suffix marker used to identify the end of the desired output.
+   */
+  suffix: string;
+}
+
 export async function runWorkspaceCommandAsync({
   terminalOptions,
   commandLine,
-  terminal
+  terminal,
+  outputMarker
 }: {
   terminalOptions: vscode.TerminalOptions;
   commandLine: string;
   terminal: ITerminal;
+  /**
+   * Optional marker options for extracting specific output from the command result.
+   * When provided, the returned output will be only the content between the markers.
+   */
+  outputMarker?: IOutputMarkerOptions;
 }): Promise<string> {
   const vsTerminal: vscode.Terminal = vscode.window.createTerminal(terminalOptions);
 
@@ -66,7 +89,21 @@ export async function runWorkspaceCommandAsync({
         startExecutionDisposable.dispose();
 
         if (event.exitCode === 0) {
-          resolve(outputStream);
+          // If outputMarker was provided, extract the content between markers
+          if (outputMarker) {
+            const startIndex: number = outputStream.indexOf(outputMarker.prefix);
+            const endIndex: number = outputStream.indexOf(outputMarker.suffix);
+            if (startIndex !== -1 && endIndex !== -1 && endIndex > startIndex) {
+              const extractedOutput: string = outputStream
+                .substring(startIndex + outputMarker.prefix.length, endIndex)
+                .trim();
+              resolve(extractedOutput);
+            } else {
+              reject(new Error('Failed to parse output from command: markers not found'));
+            }
+          } else {
+            resolve(outputStream);
+          }
         } else {
           reject(outputStream);
         }