py3

import subprocess
help(subprocess.run)

Help on function run in module subprocess:

run(*popenargs, input=None, timeout=None, check=False, **kwargs)
    Run command with arguments and return a CompletedProcess instance.
    
    The returned instance will have attributes args, returncode, stdout and
    stderr. By default, stdout and stderr are not captured, and those attributes
    will be None. Pass stdout=PIPE and/or stderr=PIPE in order to capture them.
    
    If check is True and the exit code was non-zero, it raises a
    CalledProcessError. The CalledProcessError object will have the return code
    in the returncode attribute, and output & stderr attributes if those streams
    were captured.
    
    If timeout is given, and the process takes too long, a TimeoutExpired
    exception will be raised.
    
    There is an optional argument "input", allowing you to
    pass a string to the subprocess's stdin.  If you use this argument
    you may not also use the Popen constructor's "stdin" argument, as
    it will be used internally.
    
    The other arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor.
    
    If universal_newlines=True is passed, the "input" argument must be a
    string and stdout/stderr in the returned object will be strings rather than
    bytes.

py3

import subprocess
print(subprocess.Popen.__doc__)

 Execute a child program in a new process.

    For a complete description of the arguments see the Python documentation.

    Arguments:
      args: A string, or a sequence of program arguments.

      bufsize: supplied as the buffering argument to the open() function when
          creating the stdin/stdout/stderr pipe file objects

      executable: A replacement program to execute.

      stdin, stdout and stderr: These specify the executed programs' standard
          input, standard output and standard error file handles, respectively.

      preexec_fn: (POSIX only) An object to be called in the child process
          just before the child is executed.

      close_fds: Controls closing or inheriting of file descriptors.

      shell: If true, the command will be executed through the shell.

      cwd: Sets the current directory before the child is executed.

      env: Defines the environment variables for the new process.

      universal_newlines: If true, use universal line endings for file
          objects stdin, stdout and stderr.

      startupinfo and creationflags (Windows only)

      restore_signals (POSIX only)

      start_new_session (POSIX only)

      pass_fds (POSIX only)

      encoding and errors: Text mode encoding and error handling to use for
          file objects stdin, stdout and stderr.

    Attributes:
        stdin, stdout, stderr, pid, returncode

command = "uname -a"
subprocess.run(command.split())