Add 2001/ollinger/try.sh

2001/ollinger/README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ make
 ## Try:
 
 ```sh
-./ollinger 1000 | cut -c -200
+./try.sh
 ```
 
 Try the above command in a large window, say 200 chars wide and 100

2001/ollinger/try.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2001/ollinger
+#
+
+# make sure CC is set so that when we do make CC="$CC" it isn't empty. Doing it
+# this way allows us to have the user specify a different compiler in an easy
+# way.
+if [[ -z "$CC" ]]; then
+    CC="cc"
+fi
+
+# in this case we won't fail if we can't compile the code because we can still
+# run the supplementary program.
+make CC="$CC" everything >/dev/null
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./ollinger 1000 | cut -c -200 (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./ollinger 1000 | cut -c -200 | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./ollinger 1000 | cut -c -100 (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./ollinger 1000 | cut -c -100 | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./ollinger 42 (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./ollinger 42 | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./ollinger 42 | cut -c -100 (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./ollinger 42 | cut -c -100 | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./ollinger 42 | cut -c -200 (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./ollinger 42 | cut -c -200 | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2