diff --git a/hint1 b/hint1
index 7b94173..a74599b 100644
--- a/hint1
+++ b/hint1
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ Try poking around what's in a file by using the 'head' command:
 
   head -n 20 people
 
-This will show you the first 20 lines of the 'people' file.
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+This will show you the first 20 lines of the 'people' file.
diff --git a/hint2 b/hint2
index f8427a6..e20bd6c 100644
--- a/hint2
+++ b/hint2
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Try using grep to search for the clues in the crimescene file:
 
-	grep "CLUE" crimescene
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+	grep "CLUE" crimescene
diff --git a/hint3 b/hint3
index a8eb191..cb5f669 100644
--- a/hint3
+++ b/hint3
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 In order to track down our potential witness, we need to figure out where she lives.
 
-Try using 'head' on some of the files like 'people' and 'vehicles' and see where we might find that.
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+Try using 'head' on some of the files like 'people' and 'vehicles' and see where we might find that.
diff --git a/hint4 b/hint4
index afc73b3..16977a0 100644
--- a/hint4
+++ b/hint4
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ To find all the Annabels' addresses, use the 'people' file:
 
 	grep "Annabel" people
 
-Notice that not all of the results are worth investigating.  Remember what we know about Annabel.
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+Notice that not all of the results are worth investigating.  Remember what we know about Annabel.
diff --git a/hint5 b/hint5
index acf9876..f066140 100644
--- a/hint5
+++ b/hint5
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 	head -n 173 streets/Mattapan_Street | tail -n 1
 
 This will give you just line 173 of Mattapan street, because it will take first 173 lines, and then take
-the last line from those.
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+the last line from those.
diff --git a/hint6 b/hint6
index 6d3d875..89b6651 100644
--- a/hint6
+++ b/hint6
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ To find a matching license plate, or a matching car, you can use grep on the 've
 
 	grep "L337" vehicles
 
-This doesn't give us anything useful - why not? Try using 'head' on the file to investigate its structure.
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+This doesn't give us anything useful - why not? Try using 'head' on the file to investigate its structure.
diff --git a/hint7 b/hint7
index 04170b3..c83bd7b 100644
--- a/hint7
+++ b/hint7
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ we need to get multiple lines AROUND each match.  We can use the -A, -B, or -C o
 
 	grep -A 5 "L337" mystery/vehicles
 
-This will match the license plates that contain "L337" and, for each match, show us the five lines AFTER it.
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+This will match the license plates that contain "L337" and, for each match, show us the five lines AFTER it.
diff --git a/hint8 b/hint8
index 55668d9..4efad30 100644
--- a/hint8
+++ b/hint8
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ If you only want to see the number of matches, you can use grep's -c option (the
 
 Or you can pipe the result to 'wc -l':
 
-	cat Fitness_Galaxy AAA United_MileagePlus | grep "John Smith" | wc -l
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+	cat Fitness_Galaxy AAA United_MileagePlus | grep "John Smith" | wc -l