Bilinear Pairing Library: bash syntax error near unexpected token newline' ubuntu

Question

I am new to ubuntu. kindly help me with this error. I am executing this

gcc -I$/usr/local/include/pbc -I$/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib -L$/usr/local/lib -o bls bls.c -lpbc -lgmp

the object file is formed without any errors. but when i try to execute this command

$ ./bls \<\~/home/src/pbc-0.5.14/param/a.param

i am getting this error message

bash syntax error near unexpected token newline' ubuntu

pls tell me how to fix this?

i am expecting that the code will run and show the output messages.