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I'm fiddling with bash for the first time and trying to get something simple to work.

#!/bin/bash
    while true ; do
    osascript <<EOF
        tell application "System Events"
            tell every desktop
                set picture to "/Users/bill/Desktop/bckg_changer/ARM_1885.jpg"
            end tell
        end tell
    EOF
done

When I execute this file from the command line, it throws:

Bills-iMac-4:test bill$ ./test.sh
./test.sh: line 11: syntax error: unexpected end of file

I found this question, and the formatting and structure is similar - so not sure what is missing.

The picture changing script itself works - it's when I add the while loop that the end of file error is thrown.

Caveat

I know this script doesn't make sense - the idea was to have a continuous loop, that would revert the desktop picture to the jpg if it was subsequently changed in the System Preferences. Obviously a poor choice of methods and resource use... :-)

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Reset to default
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change

osascript <<EOF

to

osascript <<-EOF

The - lets you indent the terminating EOF.

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    Adding the <<-EOF still throws the Error, but removing the indent as you elude to in the answer worked. Commented Jul 21, 2018 at 21:28
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    @BillArmstrong <<-EOF allows indenting with tabs, but not spaces. Commented Jul 22, 2018 at 3:57

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