diff --git a/2001/herrmann1/README.md b/2001/herrmann1/README.md
index 1db935360..e01bb6140 100644
--- a/2001/herrmann1/README.md
+++ b/2001/herrmann1/README.md
@@ -31,13 +31,7 @@ need an older compiler perhaps gcc 2.95.
 ## Try:
 
 ```sh
-./herrmann1.sh 'prg=herrmann1.times2'
-```
-
--or-
-
-```sh
-./herrmann1.sh 'prg=herrmann1.gcd'
+./try.sh
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/2001/herrmann1/try.sh b/2001/herrmann1/try.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2fdbed0ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2001/herrmann1/try.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2001/herrmann1
+#
+
+# 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
+
+# in this case we won't fail if we can't compile the code because we can still
+# run the supplementary program.
+make CC="$CC" everything >/dev/null
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+echo "$ ./herrmann1.sh 'prg=herrmann1.times2'" 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./herrmann1.sh 'prg=herrmann1.times2'
+echo 1>&2
+
+echo "$ ./herrmann1.sh 'prg=herrmann1.gcd'" 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./herrmann1.sh 'prg=herrmann1.gcd'
+echo 1>&2
+
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index c8a4a90f6..b39f0116b 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -2849,6 +2849,8 @@ SC2248 (style): Prefer double quoting even when variables don't contain special
 
 errors/warnings.
 
+Cody also added the [try.sh](/2001/herrmann1/try.sh) script.
+
 
 ## <a name="2001_herrmann2"></a>[2001/herrmann2](/2001/herrmann2/herrmann2.c) ([README.md](/2001/herrmann2/README.md]))