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Not able to clone a new repository to a directory in terminal (Mac)

I am trying to clone a repo from GitHub into a directory on my mac's terminal. I make sure that I am in the correct directory on my terminal, then I go to my repo on GitHub, press the green "clone" box in the upper right, select SSH key and copy the value, then use the command in my terminal: "$ git clone <(copied SSH value)>" and get the following error: "zsh: parse error near `/n'"

Why am I receiving this error and how do I fix it? I know that parse error means it is a syntax error, but I don't understand how I have a syntax error if all I did was copy a value. Is there something else that I'm missing? I followed all the right steps from my bootcamp work.

Thanks to anyone who can help!

Solution

  • My guess is that you did

    git clone <(copied_SSH_value)>

    please no < nor >

    git clone copied_SSH_value

    for example

    git clone https://github.com/pimcore/demo.git