Python binaries are throwing invalid syntax error

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Issue

  • Python binaries are throwing invalid syntax error
# yum repolist
File "/usr/bin/yum", line 30     except KeyboardInterrupt, e:                             ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax
# yum localinstall <package name>
File "/usr/bin/yum", line 30     except KeyboardInterrupt, e:                             ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax
# subscription-manager list
File "/usr/sbin/subscription-manager", line 65     except ImportError, e:                       ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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