Bash script error: “function: not found”. Why would this appear?

Question

I\'m trying to run a bash script on my Ubuntu machine and it is giving me an error:

function not found

To test, I

Answer 1

I faced the same problem, I then modified the syntax and it worked for me. Try to remove the keyword function and add brackets () after the function name.

#!/bin/bash

sayIt()
{   
   echo "hello world"
}

sayIt