I am trying to run a shell script.
The first two lines are like follow:
#!/bin/bash
gr = (file1 file2 file3)
However, when I run this script, I get the following error: fileName.sh: 2: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
I am not used to writing this type of scripts, but I read that the parentheses are used for grouping...
I don't understand what did I do wrong?
Try doing this to make an array :
gr=(file1 file2 file3)
No spaces allowed in variable assignation in all kinds.
bash. Try bash script.sh instead of just running it with sh script.sh or ./script.sh.
#!/bin/bash tells the system to use /bin/bash to execute the script -- but only if you execute it directly by typing its name. If you type sh script-name, you're feeding the script to sh. The whole point of the #! line is that you don't have to do that; you can treat the script as an executable file without having to care (as a user) how it's executed.I've tried your program and I got the same error.
[admin@hp ~]$ sh fileName.sh
fileName.sh: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `('
fileName.sh: line 2: `gr = (file1 file2 file3)'
I just change the program like this:
[admin@hp ~]$ cat fileName.sh
#!/bin/bash
gr=(file1 file2 file3)
And the problem disappear.
[admin@hp ~]$ vi fileName.sh
