Re: CL function to script difficulties

[G. Branden Robinson]

At 2024-04-19T15:15:07-0500, Mike McClain wrote:
> This function defined on the command line works as I wish:
> dircmp() {
>     diff <(cd $1; find . -type f,l,d -printf '%p %s %t\n' | sort) \
>          <(cd $2; find . -type f,l,d -printf '%p %s %t\n' | sort);
> }
> When I put the same into a script I get this error:
> dircmp: 12: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
> 
> Hopefully one of you gurus can explain this.

Make sure your script's shebang line is

#!/bin/bash

or maybe

#!/bin/sh

You're using a non-POSIX shell feature, process substitutions.

Regards,
Branden

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