diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 038e31e..9d107c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ For something a bit more challenging, let's try counting the number of lines in
 numErrors, err := script.File("test.txt").Match("Error").CountLines()
 ```
 
+You can find a complete, runnable version of this in [examples/count_errors.go](examples/count_errors.go), along with other examples in the [`examples/`](examples) directory.
+
 But what if, instead of reading a specific file, we want to simply pipe input into this program, and have it output only matching lines (like `grep`)?
 
 ```go
diff --git a/examples/app.log b/examples/app.log
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fcb66f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/app.log
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+2026-06-19 12:00:00 [INFO] Starting application...
+2026-06-19 12:01:05 [WARN] Low memory warning
+2026-06-19 12:02:10 [ERROR] Database connection failed
+2026-06-19 12:03:15 [INFO] Retrying database connection...
+2026-06-19 12:04:20 [ERROR] Retries exhausted. Could not connect to database.
+2026-06-19 12:05:00 [INFO] Shutting down application.
diff --git a/examples/count_errors.go b/examples/count_errors.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91aa34c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/count_errors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+//go:build ignore
+
+// Counts the lines containing "ERROR" in a log file.
+//
+// Run it from the repository root:
+//
+//	go run examples/count_errors.go
+//
+// Equivalent shell command:
+//
+//	grep ERROR examples/app.log | wc -l
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/bitfield/script"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	count, err := script.File("examples/app.log").Match("ERROR").CountLines()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("Number of ERROR lines: %d\n", count)
+}
diff --git a/examples/filter_csv.go b/examples/filter_csv.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8a1ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/filter_csv.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+//go:build ignore
+
+// Prints the names of servers whose status is "DOWN", read from a CSV file.
+//
+// Run it from the repository root:
+//
+//	go run examples/filter_csv.go
+//
+// Equivalent shell command:
+//
+//	grep DOWN examples/servers.csv | cut -d, -f1
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/bitfield/script"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// Column splits on whitespace, so turn the comma into a space first,
+	// then take the first field (the server name).
+	_, err := script.File("examples/servers.csv").Match("DOWN").Replace(",", " ").Column(1).Stdout()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/examples/servers.csv b/examples/servers.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7a29ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/servers.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+server1,UP
+server2,DOWN
+server3,DOWN
+server4,UP
+server5,DOWN