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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2005/aidan
+#
+
+# 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="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+AIDAN="aidan"
+
+echo "$ ./$AIDAN < blank.sudoku" 1>&2
+./"$AIDAN" < blank.sudoku
+echo 1>&2
+
+echo "$ ./$AIDAN U < blank.sudoku" 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
+./"$AIDAN" U < blank.sudoku
+echo "What was the difference between the previous command?" 1>&2
+echo "More specifically, what did it do?" 1>&2
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
+echo "$ echo IOCCC | ./$AIDAN" 1>&2
+echo IOCCC | ./"$AIDAN"
+echo "What just happened?" 1>&2
+echo 1>&2
+
+echo 1>&2
+echo "$ echo IOCCC | ./$AIDAN 42 | less -r" 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue (q = exit pager space = go down a page): "
+echo IOCCC | ./"$AIDAN" 42 | less -r
+echo "Seeing that, was the 'echo IOCCC' relevant?" 1>&2
+echo 1>&2
+
+echo "$ ./$AIDAN < insane1.sudoku" 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
+./"$AIDAN" < insane1.sudoku
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Do you with to run the test suite (y/n)? "
+if [[ "$REPLY" = "y" ]]; then
+    echo 1>&2
+    echo "$ make test" 1>&2
+    read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
+    make test
+fi