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

Before running the script, you should check first line of the shell script for the interpreter.

Eg: if scripts starts with /bin/bash , run the script using the below command "bash script_name.sh"

if script starts with /bin/sh, run the script using the below command "sh script_name.sh"

./sample.sh - This will detect the interpreter from the first line of the script and run.

Different Linux distributions having different shells as default.