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"command not found" - very newbie question

I am trying to learn the very basics of running bash scripts from my Mac OSX Terminal. I created a script ("Test.sh") containing the following:

 #!/bin/bash

GREETING = "Hello"

...and then try to execute it from the Terminal ("bash Test.sh"). However, I get the following message: 

"Test.sh: line 2: GREETING: command not found"

No matter what my script contains, I still get "command not found".

I'm sure it's extremely basic but I can't figure out what's wrong or where to start thinking about this. Any ideas?

software error
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written by Liflock • Liflock

Thank you, it worked! And sorry for posting this in the wrong place.

Cheers!

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written by Liflock • Liflock

Hello Liflock!

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Not a bioinformatics question.

For this reason we have closed your question. This allows us to keep the site focused on the topics that the community can help with.

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written by Michael Dondrup Michael Dondrup

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Remove the space around =, it's causing a syntax error.

Also, this isn't a bioinformatics question.

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written by Devon Ryan Devon Ryan

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