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    What you have is a bash script with a /bin/sh she-bang line, just to clarify. Commented Mar 22, 2018 at 19:43
  • @JeffSchaller yes, when I change the script directive to bash it works fine. but I need to get it working using /bin/sh. Commented Mar 22, 2018 at 19:45
  • Try << instead of < <. Spaces do matter. Commented Mar 22, 2018 at 19:49
  • @eyoung100 that doesn't work. that gives another error "syntax error: unexpected "(" . Commented Mar 22, 2018 at 19:51
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    @dot, a minor point, you can write crontab -l | awk 'NR > 2 {print $6}' using only one awk Commented Mar 22, 2018 at 19:54