Comparing two files and saving result in file giving substitution error












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I am trying to save the unique values by comparing two files in a variable as



commonWords=$(uniq -d <(sort <(sort -u words2.txt) <(sort -u words1.txt)))
echo "${commonWords}" >> results/common-english.txt


however its giving error



script.sh: command substitution: line 63: syntax error near unexpected token `('
script.sh: command substitution: line 63: `uniq -d <(sort <(sort -u words2.txt) <(sort -u words1.txt))'








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    I am trying to save the unique values by comparing two files in a variable as



    commonWords=$(uniq -d <(sort <(sort -u words2.txt) <(sort -u words1.txt)))
    echo "${commonWords}" >> results/common-english.txt


    however its giving error



    script.sh: command substitution: line 63: syntax error near unexpected token `('
    script.sh: command substitution: line 63: `uniq -d <(sort <(sort -u words2.txt) <(sort -u words1.txt))'








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      I am trying to save the unique values by comparing two files in a variable as



      commonWords=$(uniq -d <(sort <(sort -u words2.txt) <(sort -u words1.txt)))
      echo "${commonWords}" >> results/common-english.txt


      however its giving error



      script.sh: command substitution: line 63: syntax error near unexpected token `('
      script.sh: command substitution: line 63: `uniq -d <(sort <(sort -u words2.txt) <(sort -u words1.txt))'








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      I am trying to save the unique values by comparing two files in a variable as



      commonWords=$(uniq -d <(sort <(sort -u words2.txt) <(sort -u words1.txt)))
      echo "${commonWords}" >> results/common-english.txt


      however its giving error



      script.sh: command substitution: line 63: syntax error near unexpected token `('
      script.sh: command substitution: line 63: `uniq -d <(sort <(sort -u words2.txt) <(sort -u words1.txt))'






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