- bash: command substitution: line XX: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Question

Why does the following code give me an error in the header?

_say_hey()
{
    echo "hey"
}
echo "$(_say_hey())"

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Rose perrone Feb 17 '13 at 2:51

1 answer

nneonneo · Answer 1 · 2013-02-17T02:54:17+0000

When calling a function, call it like a normal command (leave it without parentheses):

echo "$(_say_hey)"

Note that echohere is redundant; you could just write _say_heyline by line for the same effect.