diff --git a/favemovies.txt b/favemovies.txt
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+Inception
+The Two Towers
+Gladiator
+The Dark Knight
+Dark Knight Rises
+Fury
diff --git a/gender.sh b/gender.sh
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+# Takes wages.csv and...
+#1) removes first row,
+#2) only keeps gender and years experience columns, 
+#3) sorts unique gender/years experience combinations,
+#4) and writes it to a filename of your choice
+
+#Usage: bash gender.sh <filenameforoutput>
+echo 'Unique gender and yearsexperience cominations saved to' $1
+cat wages.csv | sed '1d'| cut -d, -f-1,2 | sort -ut"," -k1,1 -k2n,2  > "$1"
+
+#Returns gender, yearsExperience, and wage for
+#1 highest earner
+#2 lowest earner
+#3 number of females in the top 10 wage earners
+
+echo 'highest earner:'
+cat wages.csv | grep -v gender | sed 'y/,/ /' | sort -k 4 -n -r | head -n 1
+echo 'lowest earner:'
+cat wages.csv | grep -v gender | sed 'y/,/ /' | sort -k 4 -n -r | tail -n 1
+echo 'number of females in the top 10 wage earners:'
+cat wages.csv | grep -v gender | sed 'y/,/ /' | sort -k 4 -n -r | head -n 10 | grep female | wc -l
+
+#demonstrates the effect of graduating college on minimum wage
+
+#college grad
+cat wages.csv | sed 'y/,/ /' | awk '$3 == "16"' | cut -d " " -f 4 | awk '{s+=$1}END{print "average college graduate minimum wage:",s/NR}'
+
+#no college education
+cat wages.csv | sed 'y/,/ /' | awk '$3 == "12"' | cut -d " " -f 4 | awk '{s+=$1}END{print "non-college graduate minimum wage:",s/NR}'
diff --git a/genderYears.sh b/genderYears.sh
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+cat "$1" | sed '1d'| cut -d, -f-1,2 | sort -ut"," -k1,1 -k2n,2  > "$2"
+
+