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Title:
syntax error near unexpected token `
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The command itself works fine:
$ for d in */; do echo "$d" ; done
subdir-A/
subdir-B/
However you have a hidden ' in front of the for command. Perhaps the file was copied from Windows. The easiest solution is to create a new test.sh file and copy the above command into it.