diff --git a/2013/dlowe/diff.sh b/2013/dlowe/diff.sh
index bdeb9527a..6eb49cbcf 100755
--- a/2013/dlowe/diff.sh
+++ b/2013/dlowe/diff.sh
@@ -11,12 +11,20 @@ if [[ -z "$CC" ]]; then
 fi
 make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
 
-echo "$ ./try.sh | tail -n 3 > 1.txt" 1>&2
-./try.sh | tail -n 3 > 1.txt
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./try.sh | tail -n 3 | tee 1.txt: "
+./try.sh | tail -n 3 | tee 1.txt
+
 echo "$ echo 'IOCCC winning entry 2013/dlowe' > ioccc.txt" 1>&2
-echo 'IOCCC winning entry 2013/dlowe' > ioccc.txt
-echo "$ ./try.sh | tail -n 3 > 2.txt" 1>&2
-./try.sh | tail -n 3 > 2.txt
-echo "$ diff 1.txt 2.txt" 1>&2
-diff 1.txt 2.txt
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: echo 'IOCCC winning entry 2013/dlowe' | tee ioccc.txt: "
+echo 1>&2
+echo 'IOCCC winning entry 2013/dlowe' | tee ioccc.txt
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./try.sh | tail -n 3 | tee 2.txt: "
+echo 1>&2
+./try.sh | tail -n 3 | tee 2.txt
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: diff -s 1.txt 2.txt: "
+echo 1>&2
+diff -s 1.txt 2.txt
 rm -f 1.txt 2.txt ioccc.txt
diff --git a/2013/dlowe/slflen.sh b/2013/dlowe/slflen.sh
index 399051543..7a492f246 100755
--- a/2013/dlowe/slflen.sh
+++ b/2013/dlowe/slflen.sh
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
 
 ln -sf dlowe sparkl
 ls -1 *
+echo 1>&2
 echo -n "sparkline length of above files: "
 wc -c ./* | awk '{print $1}' | xargs ./sparkl
+echo 1>&2