Bash script process substitution Syntax error: “(” unexpected

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You should run your script with bash, i.e. either bash ./script.sh or making use of the shebang by ./script.sh after setting it to executable. Only running it with sh ./script.sh do I get your error, as commented by Cyrus.

See also: role of shebang at unix.SE

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