Coding Confusion

Hi

I am really confused about coding.

I understand I can edit the .php files to customize my page, although I have recently learned it is better to edit a child theme in case of mistakes or updates etc.

The problem I am having is shown in the example below:

I am wanting to remove the clickable links in my posts titles. So I find the code to change online which is:

‘<h2>“><?php the_title(); ?></h2>.’

and I am told this is in my single.php file.

The problem is, this line of code is nowhere in the single.php file.

All that is in that file is:

<?php
/**
* The Template for displaying all single posts
*
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Twenty_Fourteen
* @since Twenty Fourteen 1.0
*/

get_header(); ?>

<div id=”primary” class=”content-area”>
<div id=”content” class=”site-content” role=”main”>
<?php
// Start the Loop.
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

/*
* Include the post format-specific template for the content. If you want to
* use this in a child theme, then include a file called called content-___.php
* (where ___ is the post format) and that will be used instead.
*/
get_template_part( ‘content’, get_post_format() );

// Previous/next post navigation.
twentyfourteen_post_nav();

// If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template.
if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) {
comments_template();
}
endwhile;
?>
</div><!– #content –>
</div><!– #primary –>

<?php
get_sidebar( ‘content’ );
get_sidebar();
get_footer();

Am I looking in the wrong place. There has been a few instances where I am wanting to change something and am told to edit a line of code which just isn’t in the file they say?

Help?