diff --git a/examples/chat/build_linux.sh b/examples/chat/build_linux.sh
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+++ b/examples/chat/build_linux.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+# Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+
+# 'manual' way of building. You can also use cmake.
+
+g++ --std=c++11 \
+    ../../ixwebsocket/IXSocket.cpp	\
+    ../../ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketTransport.cpp \
+    ../../ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.cpp \
+    -I ../.. \
+    cmd_websocket_chat.cpp \
+    -o cmd_websocket_chat
diff --git a/examples/ping_pong/build_linux.sh b/examples/ping_pong/build_linux.sh
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+++ b/examples/ping_pong/build_linux.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+# Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+
+# 'manual' way of building. You can also use cmake.
+
+g++ --std=c++11 \
+    ../../ixwebsocket/IXSocket.cpp	\
+    ../../ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketTransport.cpp \
+    ../../ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.cpp \
+    -I ../.. \
+    cmd_websocket_chat.cpp \
+    -o cmd_websocket_chat
diff --git a/examples/ws_connect/build_linux.sh b/examples/ws_connect/build_linux.sh
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+++ b/examples/ws_connect/build_linux.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+# Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+
+# 'manual' way of building. You can also use cmake.
+
+g++ --std=c++11 \
+    -DIXWEBSOCKET_USE_TLS \
+    -g \
+    ../../ixwebsocket/IXEventFd.cpp	\
+    ../../ixwebsocket/IXSocket.cpp	\
+    ../../ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketTransport.cpp \
+    ../../ixwebsocket/IXWebSocket.cpp \
+    ../../ixwebsocket/IXSocketOpenSSL.cpp \
+    -I ../.. \
+    ws_connect.cpp \
+    -o ws_connect \
+    -lcrypto -lssl -lpthread