ffmpeg getting syntax error when run inside shell script only.. Why? [duplicate] - linux

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Bash: Syntax error: redirection unexpected
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I have the following script:
#!/bin/sh
# Use the PhiPack software on our two aligned sets of sequences...
mkdir FcFeABC
cd FcFeABC
../bin/PhiPack/Phi -f ../../Data/Real_Sequences_and_Networks/FcFeABC_alignment.fas -o -v -w 10 -g
cd -
mkdir FcL10
cd FcL10
../bin/PhiPack/Phi -f ../../Data/Real_Sequences_and_Networks/FcL10_alignment.fas -o -v -w 10 -g
cd -
# Use the PhiPack software on the simulated Datasets...
cd ../Data/Simulated_Sequences_and_Networks/Constant_Sex/Theta\ =\ 0.066/Theta\ =\ 0.066/Medium/CutSequences/;
rmus=($(ls -d *.fas))
cd -
absfiles=(../Data/Simulated_Sequences_and_Networks/Constant_Sex/Theta\ =\ 0.066/Theta\ =\ 0.066/Medium/CutSequences/*.fas)
if [ ${#rmus[#]} = ${#absfiles[#]} ]
then
mkdir ${rmus[#]}
for ((i=0; i<${#absfiles[#]}; i++));
do
cd ${rmus[$i]}
.../bin/PhiPack/Phi -f ${absfiles[$i]} -o -v -w 10 -g
cd -
done
else
echo "Error, Number of files created and files to be read differs"
fi
Which hit's an error at line 16:
./runPhiTests.sh: 16: ./runPhiTests.sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
Which is this line:
rmus=($(ls -d *.fas))
I don't understand why the '(' is unexpected - it's a simple assignment of the results of ls to an array.
Thanks,
Ben W.

Answer 1

You aren't running it with bash. You are running with /bin/sh from your shebang line #!/bin/sh.
Either run with bash explicitly bash runPhiTests.sh or fix your shebang line #!/bin/bash.

Answer 2

Try to use #!/bin/bash instead of sh.