Thread: starting whit scripting

i want make script , have no experience it..
have number of (.jpg) files in directory , want few commands first file in directory. have:

r= ls -1 | head -1
echo $r

not working. when try first command output name of file. when try second command get: ls -1 | head -1 , not name of first file.

help?

i have found it..

r=$(ls -1 | head -1)

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