From cf4b113f56c8ef3e1266c77896d65d3de654b3ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cody Boone Ferguson <53008573+xexyl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:59:36 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improve 2018/hou/try.sh + update bugs.md

---
 2018/hou/README.md |  8 ++++++--
 2018/hou/try.sh    | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
 bugs.md            |  9 +++++++--
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/2018/hou/README.md b/2018/hou/README.md
index 10dbab405..553c86d38 100644
--- a/2018/hou/README.md
+++ b/2018/hou/README.md
@@ -31,9 +31,13 @@ View `output.html` in a browser.
 ./try.sh
 ```
 
-As the script says, open `output.html` in a browser.
+The script will generate a JSON file called `ioccc.json`, showing it via
+`tee(1)` and then run the program on that. Can you find any problem with the
+JSON file? What happens if you try and fix it?
 
-What's not right with the output?  How can one fix it?
+As the script says, open `ioccc.html` in a browser.
+
+Is anything wrong with the output? How can you fix it if so?
 
 
 ## Judges' remarks:
diff --git a/2018/hou/try.sh b/2018/hou/try.sh
index da3625d5c..83698ec7a 100755
--- a/2018/hou/try.sh
+++ b/2018/hou/try.sh
@@ -17,25 +17,26 @@ clear
 
 read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: grep -e '[-?+*/^&|.<>=]' prog.c (space = next page, q = quit): "
 echo 1>&2
-grep -e '[-?+*/^&|.<>=]' prog.c | less -EXF
+grep -e '[-?+*/^&|.<>=]' prog.c | less -rEXFK
 echo 1>&2
 
-# ^-- SC2140 (warning): Word is of the form "A"B"C" (B indicated). Did you mean "ABC" or "A\"B\"C"?
-# ^-- SC1083 (warning): This { is literal. Check expression (missing ;/\n?) or quote it.
-# ^-- SC1083 (warning): This } is literal. Check expression (missing ;/\n?) or quote it.
-# ^-- SC2140 (warning): Word is of the form "A"B"C" (B indicated). Did you mean "ABC" or "A\"B\"C"?
-# shellcheck disable=SC2140
-# shellcheck disable=SC1083
-echo "(cd ..; ls -lS -- */prog.c) | \
-awk 'BEGIN { print "["; } { print "{\"winner\":\"",\$9,"\", \"size\":",\$5,"},"} END { print "]"}' \
-> ioccc.json"
+# remove temp files
+rm -f ioccc.html ioccc.json
+
+echo "$ (cd ..; ls -lS -- */prog.c) | \
+awk 'BEGIN { print \"[\"; } { print \"{\"winner\":\"\",\$9,\"\", \"size\":\",\$5,\"},\"} END { print \"]\"}' \
+| tee ioccc.json"
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
+echo 1>&2
 
 (cd ..; ls -lS -- */prog.c) | \
 awk 'BEGIN { print "["; } { print "{\"winner\":\"",$9,"\", \"size\":",$5,"},"} END { print "]"}' \
-> ioccc.json
+| tee ioccc.json
+
+echo "NOTE: for the next step you should get an assertion failure" 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./prog < ioccc.json > ioccc.html: "
+echo 1>&2
 ./prog < ioccc.json > ioccc.html
 
 echo 1>&2
 echo "Now open ioccc.html in your browser." 1>&2
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/bugs.md b/bugs.md
index 6969b7912..4d2587b67 100644
--- a/bugs.md
+++ b/bugs.md
@@ -3353,7 +3353,7 @@ loop printing whitespace.
 ### Source code: [2018/hou/prog.c](2018/hou/prog.c)
 ### Information: [2018/hou/README.md](2018/hou/README.md)
 
-When you run it you will see something like:
+When you run it on a JSON file you will see something like:
 
 ```sh
 $ ./prog < ioccc.json > ioccc.html
@@ -3361,7 +3361,12 @@ Assertion failed: (rulez), function C, file prog.c, line 124.
 Abort trap: 6
 ```
 
-but this is expected and the file `ioccc.html` will be generated properly.
+(from say running `./try.sh) but this is expected and the file `ioccc.html` will
+be generated properly.
+
+Some JSON files might cause the program to continue to run and seemingly
+infinitely increase the size of the output file. This can happen if you try
+fixing the syntax error in the generated `ioccc.json` file.
 
 
 ## 2018 mills