diff --git a/2001/herrmann2/.gitignore b/2001/herrmann2/.gitignore
index 007a0870a..b70087acc 100644
--- a/2001/herrmann2/.gitignore
+++ b/2001/herrmann2/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 herrmann2
 herrmann2.orig
 prog.orig
+ioccc.out
+ioccc.out2
+cup.out
+cup.out2
diff --git a/2001/herrmann2/README.md b/2001/herrmann2/README.md
index 48d2c12c5..6292ed35f 100644
--- a/2001/herrmann2/README.md
+++ b/2001/herrmann2/README.md
@@ -15,14 +15,9 @@ make
 ### Try:
 
 ```sh
-./herrmann2 < herrmann2.ioccc
-./herrmann2 < herrmann2.cup
+./try.sh
 ```
 
-Try running each command a few times and notice the different output. Can you
-figure out why each is different?
-
-
 If you use vi(m) you can see a pattern in [herrmann2.cup](herrmann2.cup) and
 [herrmann2.ioccc][(herrmann2.ioccc]) by say:
 
@@ -51,34 +46,6 @@ and in [herrmann2.ioccc](herrmann2.ioccc) try:
 /n
 ```
 
-### Also try:
-
-```sh
-./herrmann2 \
-'char*d,A[9876];e;b;*ad,a,c;  tw,ndr,T; wri; ;*h; _,ar  ;on;'\
-' ;l ;i(V)man,n    {-!har  ;   =Aadre(0,&e,o||n -- +,o4,=9,l=b=8,'\
-'!( te-*Aim)|(0~l),srand  (l),,!A,d=,b))&&+((A + te-A(&(*)=+ +95>'\
-'e?(*& c_*r=5,r+e-r +_:2-19<-+?|(d==d),!n ?*d| *( (char**)+V+), ('\
-'  +0,*d-7 ) -r+8)c:7:+++7+! r: and%9- 85! ()-(r+o):(+w,_+ A*(=er'\
-'i+(o)+b)),!write,(=_((-b+*h)(1,A+b,!!((((-+, a >T^l,( o-95=+))w?'\
-'++  &&r:b<<2+a +w) ((!main(n*n,V) , +-) ),l)),w= +T-->o +o+;{ &!'\
-'a;}return _+= ' < herrmann2.ioccc > herrmann2.orig.c && \
-diff herrmann2.alt.c herrmann2.orig.c && echo "output matches with original code"
-```
-
-
-## Alternate code:
-
-If you wish to use the original version that does not work for all platforms
-(and will not even compile with some versions of clang), you can make use of the
-[herrmann2.alt.c](herrmann2.alt.c) by running:
-
-```sh
-make alt
-```
-
-Use `herrmann2.alt` as you would `herrmann2` above.
-
 
 ## Judges' remarks:
 
@@ -90,8 +57,8 @@ if you concentrate on your focus you will find illumination!
 
 You probably know those "magic eye" 3D pictures - pictures looking
 like random noise, but when you look "through" the paper, you
-either get a three dimensional picture or a head-ache. With this
-program, you can create your own 3D pictures in ascii art. And
+either get a three dimensional picture or a headache. With this
+program, you can create your own 3D pictures in ASCII art. And
 yes, the program itself is such a 3D picture.
 
 
@@ -176,6 +143,7 @@ program length.
 big as possible, but small enough to be viewed without problems
 on normal-sized terminals.
 
+
 ### Why this program should win
 
 - The layout is of a completely new kind. And it describes what
@@ -203,12 +171,12 @@ stuff doing mostly nothing.)
 obfuscated: It's (almost) only one big expression, with deep
 nesting of `()` and `?:`, and full of unnecessary operations which
 do not really help making it readable. And it contains a lot of
-"magic numbers". (My favourite is the "7" in line 15 (each
+"magic numbers". (My favourite is the `7` in line 15 (each
 one). Which is the other digit I could have put there instead,
 and what other changes to the program would have been necessary?
 Without violating the constraints of course.)
 
-- The fact that the main loop of the program calls `main`
+- The fact that the main loop of the program calls `main()`
 recursively is nothing new. New however is that this program
 only needs a logarithmic recursion depth! (Find out how this
 works.)
@@ -225,7 +193,7 @@ and let the result inspire you. ;-)
 
 - I fear that gcc is the only compiler for which this program
 works. Due to the severe restrictions, I was forced to use
-declarations of int variables, functions and parameters without
+declarations of `int` variables, functions and parameters without
 specifying their type. The biggest problem was to put `int
 main(int c, char ** v){` into the program. After some time, I
 became convinced that this is impossible. Finally, at least I
diff --git a/2001/herrmann2/try.sh b/2001/herrmann2/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b5067120b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2001/herrmann2/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2001/herrmann2
+#
+
+# 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="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+# we need to remove some files for later
+rm -f ioccc.out ioccc.out2 cup.out cup.out2
+
+echo "$ ./herrmann2 \
+'char*d,A[9876];e;b;*ad,a,c;  tw,ndr,T; wri; ;*h; _,ar  ;on;'\
+' ;l ;i(V)man,n    {-!har  ;   =Aadre(0,&e,o||n -- +,o4,=9,l=b=8,'\
+'!( te-*Aim)|(0~l),srand  (l),,!A,d=,b))&&+((A + te-A(&(*)=+ +95>'\
+'e?(*& c_*r=5,r+e-r +_:2-19<-+?|(d==d),!n ?*d| *( (char**)+V+), ('\
+'  +0,*d-7 ) -r+8)c:7:+++7+! r: and%9- 85! ()-(r+o):(+w,_+ A*(=er'\
+'i+(o)+b)),!write,(=_((-b+*h)(1,A+b,!!((((-+, a >T^l,( o-95=+))w?'\
+'++  &&r:b<<2+a +w) ((!main(n*n,V) , +-) ),l)),w= +T-->o +o+;{ &!'\
+'a;}return _+= ' < herrmann2.ioccc > herrmann2.orig.c && \
+echo && diff -s herrmann2.alt.c herrmann2.orig.c" 1>&2
+
+./herrmann2 \
+'char*d,A[9876];e;b;*ad,a,c;  tw,ndr,T; wri; ;*h; _,ar  ;on;'\
+' ;l ;i(V)man,n    {-!har  ;   =Aadre(0,&e,o||n -- +,o4,=9,l=b=8,'\
+'!( te-*Aim)|(0~l),srand  (l),,!A,d=,b))&&+((A + te-A(&(*)=+ +95>'\
+'e?(*& c_*r=5,r+e-r +_:2-19<-+?|(d==d),!n ?*d| *( (char**)+V+), ('\
+'  +0,*d-7 ) -r+8)c:7:+++7+! r: and%9- 85! ()-(r+o):(+w,_+ A*(=er'\
+'i+(o)+b)),!write,(=_((-b+*h)(1,A+b,!!((((-+, a >T^l,( o-95=+))w?'\
+'++  &&r:b<<2+a +w) ((!main(n*n,V) , +-) ),l)),w= +T-->o +o+;{ &!'\
+'a;}return _+= ' < herrmann2.ioccc > herrmann2.orig.c && \
+echo && diff -s herrmann2.alt.c herrmann2.orig.c
+
+echo 1>&2
+echo "./herrmann2 "234 84 045 5 6765 7487 65190 84 656 254 12 43931 818 0 6542 \
+341 45 567 76967 7244 606 976567 895 81898 095 68678 1843 4650547 \
+565980691 389 04974" < herrmann2.ioccc" 1>&2
+
+./herrmann2 "234 84 045 5 6765 7487 65190 84 656 254 12 43931 818 0 6542 \
+341 45 567 76967 7244 606 976567 895 81898 095 68678 1843 4650547 \
+565980691 389 04974" < herrmann2.ioccc
+echo 1>&2
+
+rm -f ioccc.out ioccc.out2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to test the output a couple times on herrmann2.ioccc: "
+echo "$ ./herrmann2 < herrmann2.ioccc" 1>&2
+./herrmann2 < herrmann2.ioccc | tee ioccc.out
+sleep 2
+echo "$ ./herrmann2 < herrmann2.ioccc" 1>&2
+./herrmann2 < herrmann2.ioccc | tee ioccc.out2
+echo "$ diff ioccc.out ioccc.out2" 1>&2
+diff ioccc.out ioccc.out2
+rm -f ioccc.out ioccc.out2
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to test the output a couple times on herrmann2.cup: "
+echo "$ ./herrmann2 < herrmann2.cup" 1>&2
+./herrmann2 < herrmann2.cup | tee cup.out
+sleep 2
+echo "$ ./herrmann2 < herrmann2.cup" 1>&2
+./herrmann2 < herrmann2.cup | tee cup.out2
+echo "$ diff cup.out cup.out2" 1>&2
+diff cup.out cup.out2
+
+rm -f cup.out cup.out2
diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md
index 51e19d7ce..0f173a5b3 100644
--- a/thanks-for-fixes.md
+++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md
@@ -2579,9 +2579,8 @@ compile with clang by changing the args of main to be `int` and `char **`,
 respectively, and changing specific references to the `argv` arg, casting to
 `long` (was `int` but the 64-bit fix requires `long`) which was its old type.
 
-The original file, used for demonstration purposes, as well as if you want to
-see if your system works with the original code, is the alternate version. See
-the README.md for details.
+Cody also added the [try.sh](2001/herrmann2/try.sh) script which might be more
+useful than any other place as the command to try is quite long with C code.
 
 For some reason the original code was missing (presumingly because it had been
 added to `.gitignore` by accident) but Cody restored it from the archive.