record audio using arecord cli tool from within Python

record_audio_with_arecord.py

import os
import subprocess
import time


def record_audio():
    audio_file_path = "audio_output.wav"
    command = 'arecord -f cd -r 16000 ' + audio_file_path
    subprocess.run(command, shell=True)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    record_audio()