diff --git a/1996/rcm/.gitignore b/1996/rcm/.gitignore
index 2d74aa8cf..a7113ed57 100644
--- a/1996/rcm/.gitignore
+++ b/1996/rcm/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,7 @@ indent.c
 indent.o
 prog.orig
 rcm
+rcm.cp2.c
+rcm.cp.c
+rcm.cp.c.gz
 rcm.orig
diff --git a/1996/rcm/README.md b/1996/rcm/README.md
index f2032e480..a23a63a6d 100644
--- a/1996/rcm/README.md
+++ b/1996/rcm/README.md
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@ make all
 ## To use:
 
 ```sh
-./rcm < rfc1951.gz
+./rcm < file.gz
 ```
 
+where `file.gz` is some gzipped file.
+
 
 ## Try:
 
 For more information try:
 
 ```sh
-./rcm < rfc1952.gz
+./try.sh
 ```
 
 
@@ -29,6 +31,9 @@ For a good no-op try:
 gzip -c < rcm.c | ./rcm
 ```
 
+NOTE: this is done in the [try.sh](try.sh) script as well, along with some other
+commands including a way to do the above command but with more steps.
+
 
 ## Author's remarks:
 
diff --git a/1996/rcm/try.sh b/1996/rcm/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8ca9bb960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1996/rcm/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - show IOCCC winner 1996/rcm
+#
+
+# 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
+
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./rcm < rfc1951.gz (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./rcm < rfc1951.gz | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./rcm < rfc1952.gz (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./rcm < rfc1952.gz | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: cp -vf rcm.c rcm.cp.c; gzip rcm.cp.c: "
+echo 1>&2
+cp -vf rcm.c rcm.cp.c; gzip rcm.cp.c
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./rcm < rcm.cp.c.gz | tee rcm.cp.c (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./rcm < rcm.cp.c.gz | tee rcm.cp.c | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
+rm rcm.cp.c.gz
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: gzip -c < rcm.c | ./rcm | tee rcm.cp2.c (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+gzip -c < rcm.c | ./rcm | tee rcm.cp2.c | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to show diff between rcm.cp.c and rcm.cp2.c: "
+echo 1>&2
+diff -s rcm.cp.c rcm.cp2.c
+echo 1>&2
+rm -f rcm.cp.c rcm.cp2.c
+
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index c0877cf0b..fd125bb5a 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -2166,6 +2166,11 @@ the function in the pointer assignment.
 NOTE: if there is no X server running this program will still crash.
 
 
+## <a name="1996_rcm"></a>[1996/rcm](/1996/rcm/rcm.c) ([README.md](/1996/rcm/README.md]))
+
+[Cody](#cody) added the [try.sh](/1996/rcm/try.sh) script.
+
+
 ## <a name="1996_schweikh1"></a>[1996/schweikh1](/1996/schweikh1/schweikh1.c) ([README.md](/1996/schweikh1/README.md]))
 
 The author stated that `-I/usr/include` is needed by gcc in Solaris because