Using the subprocess module of Python to run a program with arguments from the command line

Question

I am using the call method from the subprocess module of Python to run a command in the terminal

subprocess.call(['cmd', 'pybot', 'AdminTests', '-v', 'LOGIN URL:_mylink', '-d', '.\\results'])

However my call currently opens a terminal inside of itself, essentially reopening, and then dose nothing at all. Why isn't it executing the rest of my command? I have tried passing my full command as a single string, I have added the shell parameter to my call.. I have tried everything I can think of but nothing is making my Python script run this command in full.

Why isn't my command being ran in full?

Edit: The ouput of the code only opens the command line, then does nothing.
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Answer 1

'\\r' means Carriage Return character. You need to escape \\ to mean it literally.

subprocess.call(['cmd', 'pybot', 'AdminTests', '-v', 'LOGIN URL:_mylink', '-d', '.\\results'])

or use raw string literal:

subprocess.call(['cmd', 'pybot', 'AdminTests', '-v', 'LOGIN URL:_mylink', '-d', r'.\results'])

BTW, you can omit .\\ if it means current directory.