AttributeError:'module' object has no attribute 'call' :Python

Question

I am new to python and not knowing whats going on here. I have tried searching a lot but had to end up asking here

I am trying to learn subprocess which executes a simple command as:

import subprocess
subprocess.call(['ls'])

Now, when I run the program I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "subprocess.py", line 1, in <module>
   import subprocess
File "/task/subprocess.py", line 2, in <module>
subprocess.call(['ls'])
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'call'

Answer 1

You called your file subprocess.py , change then name and you will be ok. You are trying to import from your file and not the module

Answer 2

ldap-new:~ # rm -rf subprocess.pyc

This worked for me i just removed .pyc file and run again

Regards, -Mansur