diff --git a/bin/count.c b/bin/count.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76aeded4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/count.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main( void )
+{
+    int c;
+    int count = 0;
+
+    //turn off buffering
+    setvbuf(stdin, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+    setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+    setvbuf(stderr, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+
+    c = getchar();
+    while(c != EOF)
+    {
+	if (c == '.') count++;
+	putchar(c);
+	if ( count % 76 == 0) {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "%4d", count);
+	}
+	c = getchar();
+    }
+    return 0;
+}