[Python] How to run CMD commands e.g. whoami and dir with python subprocess.run on Windows

I have this code: which is just a snippet of a larger application


import subprocess

print(subprocess.run(["dir"],text=True,capture_output=True))



Which is just a snippet of a larger application.

Which should output something around the lines of:


04/09/2025 01:46 PM <DIR> random
04/09/2025 01:46 PM <DIR> something else
04/15/2025 11:56 AM <DIR> files



Instead I get this yucky error which I have shortened because it is very long:


FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified



Thank you in advance.

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