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the first code you posted didn't work, but your second i just added
-exec -head -n1 {} \;
and it worked. they way we're supposed to do the assignment is we have two sessions of putty up on the...

ok my bad.
linux atria 2.6.38-8-server #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:49:04 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I'm using putty in wndows 7
find ~/UnixCourse -type f -name "*.txt" -printshows me all the text files and when i add
-exec head -n1 {} \;it shows the first line underneath. however, when i try it...

thanks for all the help. I'm still not quite getting it. what I've gathered is:
find ~/UnixCourse -name
is how the command should begin and it should end with:
-print -exec head -n1 {} \;...

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