Fix bash 'syntax error near unexpected token'
Bash names the token it could not parse. Read it to find the cause: a pasted <file>, a missing then or do, CRLF line endings, or an HTML page piped into bash.
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Bash Command Substitution: $() vs Backticks
Why $(...) runs in a subshell, so cd and variables vanish, why backticks nest badly, and the process substitution tricks that keep state in your shell.