diff --git a/2006/borsanyi/.gitignore b/2006/borsanyi/.gitignore
index 1c6b1a052..5761bd3ec 100644
--- a/2006/borsanyi/.gitignore
+++ b/2006/borsanyi/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 borsanyi
 borsanyi.orig
 *.dSYM
-example.gif
+*.gif
 indent
 indent.c
 indent.o
diff --git a/2006/borsanyi/README.md b/2006/borsanyi/README.md
index 7eed56360..cd40db5dd 100644
--- a/2006/borsanyi/README.md
+++ b/2006/borsanyi/README.md
@@ -26,9 +26,14 @@ For more detailed information see [2006 borsanyi in bugs.md](/bugs.md#2006-borsa
 ## Try:
 
 ```sh
-./borsanyi ioccc@example.com > example.gif
+./try.sh
 ```
 
+We recommend you input for the filename `example.gif` and for the string
+`ioccc@example.com`. The script will not overwrite files. It runs the program in
+a loop until you answer that you do not wish to make another.
+
+
 
 ## Judges' remarks:
 
diff --git a/2006/borsanyi/try.sh b/2006/borsanyi/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..31df8b24f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2006/borsanyi/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2006/borsanyi
+#
+
+# 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="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+echo "When using this script, ask yourself what happens if you put a string > 42" 1>&2
+echo "characters long and what happens if you input characters not in the regexp:" 1>&2
+echo "'a-z_A-Z0-9@.-'." 1>&2
+echo 1>&2
+
+while :; do
+    read -r -p "Enter a target file name: " filename
+    if [[ -n "$filename" ]]; then
+	if [[ -f "$filename" ]]; then
+	    echo "$0: ERROR: $filename already exists, will not overwrite." 1>&2
+	    continue
+	fi
+    else
+	echo "$0: ERROR: empty file name, try again." 1>&2
+	continue
+    fi
+    read -r -p "Enter a string to write to the file: " email
+    if [[ -n "$email" ]]; then
+	./borsanyi "$email" > "$filename"
+	if [[ -f "$filename" ]]; then
+	    echo "Wrote image to $filename" 1>&2
+	else
+	    echo "$0: ERROR: failed to write to $filename" 1>&2
+	fi
+    fi
+    read -r -n 1 -p "Do you wish to make another one (Y/N)? "
+    if [[ "$REPLY" != "Y" && "$REPLY" != "y" ]]; then
+	break
+    fi
+    echo 1>&2
+done
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index 00a579838..17135538a 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -3414,9 +3414,11 @@ Cody also added the [try.sh](/2006/birken/try.sh) script.
 
 ## <a name="2006_borsanyi"></a>[2006/borsanyi](/2006/borsanyi/borsanyi.c) ([README.md](/2006/borsanyi/README.md]))
 
-[Cody](#cody) fixed the Makefile under some systems where the `lpthread` was not
+[Cody](#cody) fixed the Makefile to work in systems where the `lpthread` is not
 implicitly linked in.
 
+Cody also added the [try.sh](/2006/borsanyi/try.sh) script.
+
 
 ## <a name="2006_grothe"></a>[2006/grothe](/2006/grothe/grothe.c) ([README.md](/2006/grothe/README.md))