diff --git a/2015/burton/try.sh b/2015/burton/try.sh
index e57857cdb..528f8307b 100755
--- a/2015/burton/try.sh
+++ b/2015/burton/try.sh
@@ -15,41 +15,52 @@ make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
 # clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
 clear
 
-echo "$ ./calc '?0x3343<<2'" 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./calc '?0x3343<<2': "
+echo 1>&2
 ./calc '?0x3343<<2'
+echo 1>&2
 
-echo "$ echo '?0x3343<<2' | ./ecalc" 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: echo '?0x3343<<2' | ./ecalc: "
+echo 1>&2
 echo '?0x3343<<2' | ./ecalc
-
-
-echo "$ grep '[0-9]' prog.c" 1>&2
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue (notice how there are no digits!): "
-echo 1>&2
-grep -c '[0-9]' prog.c
-
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./calc < test.in: "
-echo 1>&2
-./calc < test.in
 echo 1>&2
 
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to show try.this.txt: "
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: grep '[0-9]' prog.c || echo \"no digits in prog.c!\": "
 echo 1>&2
-cat try.this.txt
+grep -q '[0-9]' prog.c || echo "no digits in prog.c!"
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to show calc.in (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+less -rEXFK test.in
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./calc < test.in (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./calc < test.in | less -rEXFK
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to show try.this.txt (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+less -rEXFK try.this.txt
 echo 1>&2
 
 read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./calc < try.this.txt: "
 echo 1>&2
 ./calc < try.this.txt
 
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to show the hex value of 42: "
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./calc 42 # show hex value of 42: "
 echo 1>&2
-echo "$ ./calc 42" 1>&2
 ./calc 42
+echo 1>&2
 
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./calc '1<<22-1' (show mask value for 22 bits): "
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./calc '1<<22-1' # show mask value for 22 bits: "
 echo 1>&2
 ./calc '1<<22-1'
+echo 1>&2
 
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./calc ?0x11223344 (byte-swapped value of 0x11223344): "
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./calc ?0x11223344 # byte-swapped value of 0x11223344: "
 echo 1>&2
 ./calc ?0x11223344
+echo 1>&2
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index 3c3d2c855..73ff69c70 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -4229,9 +4229,9 @@ This was done for both the [prog.c](/2015/burton/prog.c) and
 [prog.alt.c](/2015/burton/prog.alt.c). The Makefile was also updated to build
 `eprog` and `eprog.alt` to make use of the feature more easily. Each is a new
 target (first in `TARGET` and second in `ALT_TARGET`) which have a prerequisite
-of `${PROG}` and `${PROG}.alt` respectively and which copies `prog` and
-`prog.alt` to `eprog` and `eprog.alt` respectively. With these changes now one
-can easily use the echo feature the author implemented.
+of `${PROG}` and `${PROG}.alt` respectively both of which also copy the `prog`
+(`prog` or `eprog`) to the respective `eprog` (`eprog` or `eprog.alt`).  With
+these changes now one can easily use the echo feature the author implemented.
 
 Cody also added the [try.sh](/2015/burton/try.sh) script. This involved
 adding a text file, [try.this.txt](/2015/burton/try.this.txt).