diff --git a/bin/1.2_filter_motifs/compareBed.sh b/bin/1.2_filter_motifs/compareBed.sh
index 223f497..38027f3 100644
--- a/bin/1.2_filter_motifs/compareBed.sh
+++ b/bin/1.2_filter_motifs/compareBed.sh
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ do
 	# remove trailing tabs in motiffile, but only if the second line in the file ends with a tab.
 	# checking all lines for trailing tabs would be time consuming.
 	secnd_line=`sed -n 2p $i | tr '\t' '#'`
-	echo $secnd_line
 	if [[ ${secnd_line: -1} == "#" ]]
 	then
 		echo trailing tabs have been found. removing trailing tabs.