diff --git a/code/misctools/Makefile b/code/misctools/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..515ba38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/misctools/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+
+nonascii:	nonascii.c Makefile
+	gcc -Wall $< -o $@
diff --git a/code/misctools/README.md b/code/misctools/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c03962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/misctools/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Outils divers
+
+
+OK, let's go for a few nice tools.
+
+## non ascii ?
+
diff --git a/code/misctools/nonascii.c b/code/misctools/nonascii.c
index c8dcbb3..c5e411e 100644
--- a/code/misctools/nonascii.c
+++ b/code/misctools/nonascii.c
@@ -12,16 +12,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 int		input, linenum, count;
 int		flagline;
 
-linenum = 1;
+linenum = 1;		/* humans start line count at 1 */
 count   = 0;
 
 while (EOF != (input=getc(stdin))) {
-
 	if ('\n' == input) {
 		linenum++;
 		flagline = 0;
 		}
-
 	if ((input < 0) || (input>127)) {
 		if (!flagline) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "non ascii 0x%x line %d\n", 
@@ -32,9 +30,8 @@ while (EOF != (input=getc(stdin))) {
 		}
 	}
 if (count) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "%d non-ascii chars\n", count);
+	fprintf(stderr, "at least %d non-ascii characters found\n", count);
 	exit(1);
 	}
-
 return 0;
 }
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