Bash: Syntax error: redirection unexpected

Question

I do this in a script:

read direc <<< $(basename `pwd`)

and I get:

Syntax error: redirection unexpected
         


        

Answer 1

Does your script reference /bin/bash or /bin/sh in its hash bang line? The default system shell in Ubuntu is dash, not bash, so if you have #!/bin/sh then your script will be using a different shell than you expect. Dash does not have the <<< redirection operator.