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diff --git a/git.sh b/git.sh
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--- a/git.sh
+++ b/git.sh
@@ -158,3 +158,6 @@ git stash clear
 git update-index --assume-unchanged file.txt
 
 
+# lists files in long format
+ls -l
+
diff --git a/read_input.sh b/read_input.sh
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+++ b/read_input.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# read the name of the user and print hello
+
+echo "Hello! What is your name. My name is Greg Smith"
+read name
+echo "Welcome, $name"
+
+# single quotes prevent the expansion of the variable
+echo 'Your name was stored in $name'
+
+# exercise: write a script that asks the user for a 
+# filename and create an empty file named after it