diff --git a/1985/august/primes.sh b/1985/august/primes.sh
index 8ce8d97ea..9e18cbcc7 100755
--- a/1985/august/primes.sh
+++ b/1985/august/primes.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# primes.sh - feed primes(1) IOCCC winner 1985/august
+#
 
+# 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 everything || exit 1
+make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
 
 PRIMES=$(type -P primes)
 
@@ -15,7 +24,7 @@ if [[ "$#" -ge 1 ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [[ -n "$PRIMES" ]]; then
-    while read -r n; do primes "$n" $((n + 1)); done < <((./august | head -n "$COUNT" |sed '/^$/d'))
+    while read -r n; do primes "$n" $((n + 1)); done < <((./august | head -n "$COUNT" | sed '/^$/d'))
 else
     echo "primes not installed" 1>&2
     echo 1>&2
@@ -23,6 +32,6 @@ else
     echo 1>&2
     echo "	https://github.com/vattam/BSDGames" 1>&2
     echo 1>&2
-    echo "and after installing try again."
+    echo "and after installing it try running this again."
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/1994/dodsond2/README.md b/1994/dodsond2/README.md
index 7c4adea94..6761aa134 100644
--- a/1994/dodsond2/README.md
+++ b/1994/dodsond2/README.md
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ make all
 ```
 
 
-There is an alternate version that allows you to heat, giving you configurable
-amount of arrows at the start of the game. See [Alternate
-code](#alternate-code).
+There is an alternate version that allows you to cheat, giving you configurable
+amount of arrows at the start of the game. See the [Alternate
+code](#alternate-code) section below.
 
 
 ### Bugs and (Mis)features:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ This version allows you to choose how many arrows to start with, instead of the
 default 0. If one tried specifying a value < 0 it will set it to 0.
 
 Fun fact: this version helped uncover and fix a bug that prevented the entry
-from working on some cases.
+from working in some cases.
 
 
 ### Alternate build:
diff --git a/1994/smr/README.md b/1994/smr/README.md
index b4d74f498..df352d3b0 100644
--- a/1994/smr/README.md
+++ b/1994/smr/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ make all
 ## Try:
 
 ```sh
-./smr > smr.out ; diff -s smr.out smr.c
+./try.sh
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/1994/smr/try.sh b/1994/smr/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..91d7c8206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1994/smr/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 1994/smr
+#
+
+# 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 show smr.c: "
+echo 1>&2
+cat smr.c
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./smr: "
+echo 1>&2
+./smr
+echo 1>&2
+
+rm -f smr.out
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./smr > smr.out; diff -s smr.out smr.c: "
+echo 1>&2
+./smr > smr.out; diff -s smr.out smr.c
+echo 1>&2
+rm -f smr.out
diff --git a/1994/weisberg/README.md b/1994/weisberg/README.md
index dd038ea76..3d98f7abc 100644
--- a/1994/weisberg/README.md
+++ b/1994/weisberg/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ make all
 ```
 
 There is an alternate version that uses more memory. See [alternate
-code](#alternate-code) below.
+code](#alternate-code) below for more details.
 
 
 ## To use:
@@ -18,9 +18,18 @@ code](#alternate-code) below.
 ## Try:
 
 ```sh
-./weisberg | head -n 15
+./try.sh
 ```
 
+If you have `primes(1)` installed you might also wish to try:
+
+```sh
+./primes.sh number
+```
+
+where `number` is a positive number, defaulting to 15. The [try.sh](try.sh)
+script will also do this.
+
 
 ## Alternate code:
 
diff --git a/1994/weisberg/primes.sh b/1994/weisberg/primes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c9b490fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1994/weisberg/primes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# 
+# primes.sh - feed primes(1) IOCCC winner 1994/weisberg
+#
+
+# 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="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+PRIMES=$(type -P primes)
+
+COUNT=15
+if [[ "$#" -ge 1 ]]; then
+    COUNT="$1"
+    if ! [[ $COUNT =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+	echo "not a number: $COUNT" 1>&2	
+	exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+REV="$(type -P rev)"
+if [[ -n "$PRIMES" && -n "$REV" ]]; then
+    read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to find primes in ./weisberg | head -n $COUNT, reversed: "
+    echo 1>&2
+    while read -r n; do primes "$n" $((n + 1)); done < <((./weisberg | head -n "$COUNT" | "$REV" ))
+else
+    echo "primes not installed" 1>&2
+    echo 1>&2
+    echo "See the following GitHub repo:" 1>&2
+    echo 1>&2
+    echo "	https://github.com/vattam/BSDGames" 1>&2
+    echo 1>&2
+    echo "and after installing it try running this again."
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/1994/weisberg/try.sh b/1994/weisberg/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b12a3d2e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1994/weisberg/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 1994/weisberg
+#
+
+# make sure CC is set so that when we do make CC="$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
+
+REV="$(type -P rev)"
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./weisberg | head -n 15: "
+echo 1>&2
+./weisberg | head -n 15
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./weisberg | head -n 42 (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./weisberg | head -n 42 | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
+
+if [[ -n "$REV" ]]; then
+    echo 1>&2
+    read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to reverse ./weisberg | head -n 15: "
+    echo 1>&2
+    ./weisberg | head -n 15 | "$REV"
+
+    read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to reverse: ./weisberg | head -n 42 (space = next page, q = quit): "
+    echo 1>&2
+    ./weisberg | head -n 42 | "$REV" | less -rEXF
+    echo 1>&2
+fi
+
+# run primes.sh too
+echo 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./primes.sh: "
+echo 1>&2
+./primes.sh
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./primes.sh 25: "
+echo 1>&2
+./primes.sh 25
+echo 1>&2
+exit 0
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index cf32259c5..7858e3128 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ that already existed, how many you had and how many were stolen.
 ## <a name="1994_horton"></a>[1994/horton](/1994/horton/horton.c) ([README.md](/1994/horton/README.md))
 
 [Cody](#cody) fixed this to check that four args were specified. With the use of the C
-pre-processor macro and inclusion of stdlib.h in the Makefile the layout of the
+pre-processor macro and inclusion of `stdlib.h` in the Makefile the layout of the
 source is exactly the same column width and no additional lines were added. This
 was done during one of the times where this was changed to bug status, for
 better or worse.
@@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ was that `srand()` returns void but it was used in a `||` expression. Thus the
 comma operator was needed.
 
 Cody also fixed it for clang under Linux which objected to incompatible pointer
-type (because `time(/2)` takes a `time_t *` which in some systems is a `long *`
+type (because `time(2)` takes a `time_t *` which in some systems is a `long *`
 but what was being passed to it is an `int`).
 
 Cody also changed the entry to use `fgets(3)` instead of `gets(3)`. This one has
@@ -1932,6 +1932,11 @@ For an interesting problem that occurred here and what was done to solve it,
 check the [bugs.md](bugs.md) file.
 
 
+## <a name="1994_smr"></a>[1994/smr](/1994/smr/smr.c) ([README.md](/1994/smr/README.md]))
+
+[Cody](#cody) added the [try.sh](/1994/smr/try.sh) script.
+
+
 ## <a name="1994_tvr"></a>[1994/tvr](/1994/tvr/tvr.c) ([README.md](/1994/tvr/README.md]))
 
 [Cody](#cody) made this use `fgets(3)` instead of `gets(3)`. In this case the newline had
@@ -1948,6 +1953,13 @@ Note that the alt code does not use `fgets(3)` but rather `gets(3)`.
 use with other tools as well by making the program output not a space after each
 number but rather a newline.
 
+Cody also added the scripts [try.sh](/1994/weisberg/try.sh) and
+[primes.sh](/1994/weisberg/primes.sh). The `primes.sh` script is used by
+`try.sh` and if both `primes(1)` and `rev(1)` are installed it will reverse the
+lines of the `weisberg`, feeding it to `primes(1)`, showing those that are
+primes. It only does the reversed output because the program actually prints
+primes.
+
 
 ## <a name="1994_westley"></a>[1994/westley](/1994/westley/westley.c) ([README.md](/1994/westley/README.md]))
 
diff --git a/tmp/src/ioccc_status/ioccc_status.sh b/tmp/src/ioccc_status/ioccc_status.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fd5949d96..000000000
--- a/tmp/src/ioccc_status/ioccc_status.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,239 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# 
-# ioccc_status.sh - quickly update status.json file
-#
-# Written by Cody Boone Ferguson in 2023:
-#
-#	@xexyl
-#	https://xexyl.net		Cody Boone Ferguson
-#	https://ioccc.xexyl.net
-#
-# If -s option is used, the status field is updated, providing that the status
-# arg is either "closed" or "open".
-#
-# If the -d or -n flags are used then it will update the status_date or
-# latest_news fields, respectively.
-# 
-# If the -i status_ver option is used the IOCCC_status_version field will be
-# updated.
-#
-# The -N option is a dry-run: it will just show what would have been changed
-# without the option.
-#
-# The -S option lets one set the path to sed(1).
-#
-# The -G option lets one set the path to grep(1).
-#
-export IOCCC_STATUS_SCRIPT_VERSION="0.0.3-0 2024-01-15" # major.minor.release-patch YYYY-MM-DD
-
-SED="$(type -P sed)"
-GREP="$(type -P grep)"
-
-USAGE="usage: $(basename "$0") [-h] [-V] [-v level] [-s status] [-d] [-n] [-i status_ver] [-N] [-S] [-G] status.json
-
-    -h			    print help and exit
-    -V			    print version and exit
-    -v level		    set verbosity level
-    -s status		    set contest status to open or closed
-
-				NOTE: status must be one of \"open\" or \"closed\"
-
-    -d			    update status_date
-    -n			    update latest_news date
-    -i status_ver	    update IOCCC_status_version
-
-				NOTE: version must match the regexp: ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ [0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$
-
-    -N			    set dry-run mode: just show what would be changed (def: make changes)
-    -S sed		    set path to sed(1) (def: $SED)
-    -G grep		    set path to grep(1) (def: $GREP)
-
-    status.json		    the file to update
-
-status version: $IOCCC_STATUS_SCRIPT_VERSION"
-
-export UPDATE_DATE=""
-export UPDATE_NEWS=""
-export UPDATE_IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION=""
-export IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION=""
-export VERBOSITY=0
-export STATUS_JSON_FILE=""
-export STATUS_FLAG=""
-export STATUS="closed" # default closed
-export DRY_RUN_MODE=""
-export SED # already found default
-export GREP # already found default
-
-# parse args
-#
-while getopts :hVv:s:dni:NS:G: flag; do
-    case "$flag" in
-    h)	echo "$USAGE" 1>&2
-	exit 2
-	;;
-    V)	echo "$IOCCC_STATUS_SCRIPT_VERSION" 1>&2
-	exit 2
-	;;
-    v)	VERBOSITY="$OPTARG";
-	;;
-    s)	STATUS_FLAG="-s"
-	STATUS="$OPTARG";
-	;;
-    d)	UPDATE_DATE="-d"
-	;;
-    n)	UPDATE_NEWS="-n"
-	;;
-    i)  UPDATE_IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION="-i"
-	IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION="$OPTARG"
-	;;
-    N)	DRY_RUN_MODE="-N"
-	;;
-    S)	SED="$OPTARG"
-	;;
-    G)	GREP="$OPTARG"
-	;;
-    :)	echo "$0: ERROR: option -$OPTARG requires an argument" 1>&2
-	echo 1>&2
-	echo "$USAGE" 1>&2
-	exit 3
-	;;
-   *)
-	;;
-    esac
-done
-
-
-# remove the options
-#
-shift $(( OPTIND - 1 ));
-
-# verify arg count
-#
-if [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then
-    echo "$0: ERROR: expected no more than 1 arg, found: $#" 1>&2
-    echo "$USAGE" 1>&2
-    exit 3
-fi
-
-# parse args
-#
-if [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; then
-    export STATUS_JSON_FILE="$1"
-fi
-
-# firewall STATUS_JSON_FILE must be a readable file
-#
-if [[ ! -e $STATUS_JSON_FILE ]]; then
-    echo "$0: ERROR: status.json does not exist: $STATUS_JSON_FILE" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-if [[ ! -f $STATUS_JSON_FILE ]]; then
-    echo "$0: ERROR: status.json not a file: $STATUS_JSON_FILE" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-if [[ ! -r $STATUS_JSON_FILE ]]; then
-    echo "$0: ERROR: status.json not a readable file: $STATUS_JSON_FILE" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# check that $SED is an executable file
-if [[ ! -x "$SED" ]]; then
-    echo "$0: sed not an executable file: $SED" 1>&2
-    exit 3
-fi
-# check that $GREP is an executable file
-if [[ ! -x "$GREP" ]]; then
-    echo "$0: grep not an executable file: $GREP" 1>&2
-    exit 3
-fi
-
-# check that if -s ($STATUS_FLAG) used that the status ($STATUS) is either 'open' or 'closed'
-#
-if [[ -n "$STATUS_FLAG" ]]; then
-    if [[ "$STATUS" != "open" && "$STATUS" != "closed" ]]; then
-	echo "$0: ERROR: status must be 'open' or 'closed'" 1>&2
-	exit 3
-    fi
-fi
-
-# check format of IOCCC_status_version if set (-i used, $UPDATE_IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION)
-#
-if [[ -n "$UPDATE_IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION" ]]; then
-    echo "$IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION" | "$GREP" -qE '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ [0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$'
-    if [[ "${PIPESTATUS[1]}" -ne 0 ]]; then
-	echo "$0: ERROR: IOCCC_status_version must match the regexp: '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ [0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$'" 1>&2
-	exit 3
-    fi
-fi
-
-# get date for options that update the date
-DATE="$(date)"
-# if verbosity is >= 1 or dry-run specified show what would/will be updated
-if [[ "$VERBOSITY" -ge 1 ]]; then
-    echo "$0: status.json file: $STATUS_JSON_FILE" 1>&2
-    if [[ -n "$STATUS_FLAG" ]]; then
-	echo "$0: will update contest status to: \"$STATUS\"" 1>&2
-    fi
-    if [[ -n "$UPDATE_DATE" ]]; then
-	echo "$0: will update status_date to: \"$DATE\"" 1>&2
-    fi
-    if [[ -n "$UPDATE_NEWS" ]]; then
-	echo "$0: will update latest_news to: \"$DATE\"" 1>&2
-    fi
-    if [[ -n "$UPDATE_IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION" ]]; then
-	echo "$0: will update IOCCC_status_version to: \"$IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION\"" 1>&2
-    fi
-elif [[ -n "$DRY_RUN_MODE" ]]; then
-    echo "$0: status.json file: $STATUS_JSON_FILE" 1>&2
-    if [[ -n "$STATUS_FLAG" ]]; then
-	echo "$0: would update contest status to: \"$STATUS\"" 1>&2
-    fi
-    if [[ -n "$UPDATE_DATE" ]]; then
-	echo "$0: would update status_date to: \"$DATE\"" 1>&2
-    fi
-    if [[ -n "$UPDATE_NEWS" ]]; then
-	echo "$0: would update latest_news to: \"$DATE\"" 1>&2
-    fi
-    if [[ -n "$UPDATE_IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION" ]]; then
-	echo "$0: would update IOCCC_status_version to: \"$IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION\"" 1>&2
-    fi
-
-    # nothing to do, exit success
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-# first status_date if requested and not dry-run
-if [[ -n "$UPDATE_DATE" ]]; then
-    "$SED" -i'' "s|\"status_date\" : \".*[^\"]\"|\"status_date\" : \"$DATE\"|g" "$STATUS_JSON_FILE"
-
-    if [[ "$VERBOSITY" -gt 1 ]]; then
-	echo "$0: updated status_date to: \"$DATE\"" 1>&2
-    fi
-fi
-
-# then update latest_news date if requested
-if [[ -n "$UPDATE_NEWS" ]]; then
-    "$SED" -i'' "s|\"latest_news\" : \".*[^\"]\"|\"latest_news\" : \"$DATE\"|g" "$STATUS_JSON_FILE"
-
-    if [[ "$VERBOSITY" -gt 1 ]]; then
-	echo "$0: updated latest_news to: \"$DATE\"" 1>&2
-    fi
-fi
-
-# then update IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION if requested
-if [[ -n "$UPDATE_IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION" ]]; then
-    "$SED" -i'' "s|\"IOCCC_status_version\" : \".*[^\"]\"|\"IOCCC_status_version\" : \"$IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION\"|g" "$STATUS_JSON_FILE"
-
-    if [[ "$VERBOSITY" -gt 1 ]]; then
-	echo "$0: updated IOCCC_status_version to: \"$IOCCC_STATUS_VERSION\"" 1>&2
-    fi
-fi
-
-# finally if we need to change the status of the contest do so
-if [[ -n "$STATUS_FLAG" ]]; then
-    "$SED" -i'' "s|\"contest\" : \".*[^\"]\"|\"contest\" : \"$STATUS\"|g" "$STATUS_JSON_FILE"
-
-    if [[ "$VERBOSITY" -gt 1 ]]; then
-	echo "$0: updated contest status to: \"$STATUS\"" 1>&2
-    fi
-fi