Bash: Syntax error near unexpected token `('
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Problem
A shell script is generating this error message:
$ cat incerror.sh
((CNT++))
$ bash incerror.sh
incerror.sh: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
incerror.sh: line 1: ` ((CNT++))'
Solution
It appears the space before the command `((CNT++))' isn't an ordinary space 0x20 but a non-breaking space 0xA0. This can be viewed in vim with the command: ga
Replace the non-breaking space with a regular space and execution goes all right:
$ cat incok.sh ((CNT++)) $ bash incok.sh $
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