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bash: syntax error near unexpected token `)'

shell&gt; (
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `)'"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">shell&gt; !
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `)'

shell&gt; (
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
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<p dir="auto">I understand that these might not be valid shell commands but the syntax error is puzzling.</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="shell&gt; ./julia -E &quot;println(ARGS)&quot;
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

shell&gt; ./julia -E \&quot;println(ARGS)\&quot;
&quot;println(ARGS)&quot;

shell&gt; ./julia -E println\(ARGS\)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">shell&gt; ./julia -E "println(ARGS)"
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

shell&gt; ./julia -E \"println(ARGS)\"
"println(ARGS)"

shell&gt; ./julia -E println\(ARGS\)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
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