Add 1987/biggar/try.sh

1987/biggar/README.md

@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@ make all
 
 ```sh
 some_command | ./biggar | od -c
+
+./biggar < file | od -c
 ```
 
 
 ### Try:
 
 ```sh
-./biggar < biggar.c | od -c
+./try.sh
 ```
 
 

1987/biggar/try.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 1987/biggar
+#
+
+# 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: ./biggar < biggar.c: "
+echo 1>&2
+./biggar < biggar.c
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./biggar < biggar.c | od -c: "
+echo 1>&2
+./biggar < biggar.c | od -c
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./biggar < Makefile (space = next page, q = quit): "
+./biggar < Makefile | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./biggar < Makefile | od -c (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./biggar < Makefile | od -c | less -rEXF