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The dollar signs marked in red above won't work. And, there doesn't seem to be a need for either temp file. I think you're also looking for files modified during the last 24 hours; not files that were modified exactly 24 hours before you start find. Depending on file names and the contents of the 1st and last lines of the contents of those files, you also need some additional quotes. Try something like:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
find /splunk/scrubbed/triumph/ -type f -mtime -1 | while read file
do
    first_line="$(head -1 "$file")"
    last_line="$(tail -1 "$file")"
    printf '%s: "%s" "%s"\n' "$file" "$first_line" "$last_line"
done > balancing1

Note, however, that this hasn't been tested either.

awesome...your last post...solves the problem,.,..thanks alot to Don and Aia...you guys rock... :-)