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grep beginning of file?

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Problem

In a linux shell, I want to make sure that a certain set of files all begin with , having that exact string and no other characters at the beginning. How can I grep or use some other to express "file begins with"? Edit: I'm wildcarding this, and doesn't give a filename on the same line, so when I gā€¦

Error Output

$> head -1 * | grep "^<?"
<?
<?
<?
<?
<?
...

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