Why do I keep getting this error for my code?

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import platform
import subprocess

def main():

choice = 0
while choice != 2:
    choice = get_menu_choice()
    
    if choice == 1:
        run_ip_config()
        
    if choice == 2:
        print("Thanks for checking the IP address configuration")

def get_menu_choice():

print("---------Interface Configuration Display---------")

print("1. Check the ip addresss configuration")
print("2. Quit the program")
choice = int(input("Enter a choice from the menu above"))
choice = validate_choice(choice)

return choice

while choice != 1 and choice !=2:
    print("Invalid choice. Choose from the following:")
    print("1. Check the ip address configuration")
    print("2. Quit the program")
    choice = int(input("Enter a choice from the menu above:"))

def validate_choice(choice):
while choice !=1 and choice !=2:
print(“Invalid choice. Choose from the following:”)
print(“1. Check the ip address configuration.”)
print(“2. Quit the program.”)
choice = int(input(“Enter a choice from the menu above:”))

return choice

def run_ip_config():
oper = platform.system
print(oper)
if oper == “Windows”:
command = “ipconfig”
argument = “/all”
else:
command = “ifconfig”
argument = “-a”

p1 = subprocess.Popen([command, argument], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
p2 = subprocess.run([command, argument], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)

output = p1.communicate()[0]

print(output)
print(p2.stdout.decode())

main()

<function system at 0x0000018AC2A0E680>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Users\karie\Desktop\ITP270\final_project_review.py”, line 68, in
main()
File “C:\Users\karie\Desktop\ITP270\final_project_review.py”, line 18, in main
run_ip_config()
File “C:\Users\karie\Desktop\ITP270\final_project_review.py”, line 60, in run_ip_config
p1 = subprocess.Popen([command, argument], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
File “C:\Users\karie\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py”, line 966, in init
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File “C:\Users\karie\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py”, line 1435, in _execute_child
hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

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Looks like the ipconfig executable isn’t found. Try using the full path.

There are some other issues with your code. For example, why are you running the command twice, once with run and once with Popen?