Reference the file, not the input of the file

Java/scripts/commit.sh

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 #Adds a commit message and pushes project to github repository.
 #Java
-AUTHORS=$(cat utils/.coauthors)
 COMMIT_MESSAGE="$*"
 while IFS= read -r line
 do
   COMMIT_MESSAGE+="
   $line"
-done < "$AUTHORS"
+done < "utils/.coauthors"
 git add -u
 git add *
 git commit -m "$COMMIT_MESSAGE"

Java/scripts/md5

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 a833e7598ad65672a9c01306d244b49f  -
 96ce35f2d2dcb555421e00a6afda23ca  -
-b3c22857ab8c189247bdf3fdffc30b0a  -
+d637e0c3776b526171f9709187191c56  -
 2ac636f584c43a1124affb9ea6bdc7bf  -

scripts/commit.sh

@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ find . -type f -name md5 -delete
 
 #Generate a new hash for every sub-directory, which may require an update.
 FILES=$(cat utils/.updateDirectories) 
-AUTHORS=$(cat utils/.coauthors)
 COMMIT_MESSAGE="$*"
 while IFS= read -r line
 do
   COMMIT_MESSAGE+="
   $line"
-done < "$AUTHORS"
+done < "utils/.coauthors"
 for f in $FILES
 do 
     search $f

scripts/md5

@@ -1 +1 @@
-00301b26c41a9f0777b01bb2a2a20cdd  -
+c44fe5baba40b98541f6199207342645  -