Add 2004/anonymous/try.sh

2004/anonymous/README.md

@@ -22,14 +22,11 @@ images.
 ## Try:
 
 ```sh
-./anonymous "ash nazg durhbatuluhk, ash nazg gimbatul, \
+./try.sh
-    ash nazg thrakatuluhk, agh burzhumh-ishi krimpatul." >ring.pgm
-
-./anonymous "My Precious. Yes, my Precious." > precious.pgm
 ```
 
-NOTE: technically the text is supposed to be in all lower case but the above
+NOTE: technically the text is supposed to be in all lower case but the script
-still works for demonstration purposes.
+does use some upper case letters for demonstration purposes.
 
 
 ## Judges' remarks:
@@ -55,13 +52,14 @@ Hobbit](https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_History_of_The_Hobbit).
 
 p.s. Frodo lives!
 
+
 ### An important aside :-)
 
 BTW: if you haven't read [The Lord of the
 Rings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings) what are you waiting for? :-)
 You'll find out the source of the text above though you'll see that there are
 some circumflexes missing! That's okay though due to I/O of the entry and in
-earlier drafts sometimes the û with an umlaut had no umlaut but H after the `u`
+earlier drafts sometimes the û had no diacritic but H after the `u` in
 it. The real text is:
 
 > Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh

2004/anonymous/try.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2001/anonymous
+#
+
+# 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
+
+make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+# see if we have convert(1) 
+#
+CONVERT="$(type -P convert)"
+
+echo "$ ./anonymous "ash nazg durhbatuluhk, ash nazg gimbatul, \
+    ash nazg thrakatuluhk, agh burzhumh-ishi krimpatul." >ring.pgm" 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
+echo 1>&2
+./anonymous "ash nazg durhbatuluhk, ash nazg gimbatul, \
+    ash nazg thrakatuluhk, agh burzhumh-ishi krimpatul." >ring.pgm
+
+if [[ -n "$CONVERT" ]]; then
+    "$CONVERT" ring.pgm ring.jpg
+    echo "Now open ring.jpg in a graphics viewer, editor or web browser." 1>&2
+    echo "If you don't recognise it you should read The Lord of the Rings" 1>&2
+    echo "immediately. Don't worry! It's not that long. It's only 1031 pages," 1>&2
+    echo "my Precious, yes. :-)" 1>&2
+else
+    echo "Now open ring.pgm in a graphics viewer capable of reading Netpbm graphics." 1>&2
+    echo "Alternatively, install ImageMagick and try running this script again." 1>&2
+    echo "Once you've done so, if you don't recognise this image, you should read The" 1>&2
+    echo "Lord of the Rings immediately. Don't worry! It's not that long. It's only 1031" 1>&2
+    echo "pages, my Precious, yes. :-)" 1>&2
+fi
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./anonymous \"My Precious. Yes, my Precious.\" > precious.pgm: "
+echo 1>&2
+./anonymous "My Precious. Yes, my Precious." > precious.pgm
+
+if [[ -n "$CONVERT" ]]; then
+    "$CONVERT" precious.pgm precious.jpg
+    echo "Now open precious.jpg in a graphics viewer, editor or web browser." 1>&2
+else
+    echo "Now open precious.pgm in a graphics viewer capable of reading Netpbm graphics." 1>&2
+    echo "Alternatively, install ImageMagick and try running this script again." 1>&2
+fi

thanks-for-help.md

@@ -2923,6 +2923,11 @@ described in the README.md, based on the author's remarks.
 # <a name="2004"></a>2004
 
 
+## <a name="2004_anonymous"></a>[2004/anonymous](/2004/anonymous/anonymous.c) ([README.md](/2004/anonymous/README.md]))
+
+[Cody](#cody) added the [try.sh](/2004/anonymous/try.sh) script.
+
+
 ## <a name="2004_arachnid"></a>[2004/arachnid](/2004/arachnid/arachnid.c) ([README.md](/2004/arachnid/README.md]))
 
 [Cody](#cody) added an [alternate version](/2004/arachnid/README.md#alternate-code) which