Syntax error in shell script with process substitution

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The syntax you’ve used is a bash extension to the basic shell syntax, so you must take care to run your script with bash. (Ksh also has >(…) process substitution but doesn’t support it after a redirection. Zsh would be fine.)

Given the error message you’re getting, you are running this script in bash, but in its POSIX compatibility mode, not in full bash mode. Take care to invoke your script with an explicit #!/bin/bash line. #!/bin/sh won’t do, even if /bin/sh is a symbolic link to bash, because bash runs in POSIX mode if it’s invoked under the name sh. Always invoke bash by name if you use bash features.

Also take care not to set the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT or to pass the --posix option on the command line if you want to use bash features.

Alternatively, don’t use this bash-specific syntax; use a portable construct such as the one proposed by Stephane Rouberol.

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