I am trying to compile code using gcc and run the executable, but it is throwing error:
gcc somefile.c -o somefile
compilation goes through successfully. But, when I try to execute it:
$sh somefile
It results in: Syntax error: "(" unexpected. Among the output files, I dont see somefile.o, but instead, I see somefile.c~
The contents of the file:
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
printf("hi");
}
Context: I am new to programming in linux, and wanted to start out with simple programs. I am running ubuntu 64 bit on a virtual machine, with gcc, g++, etc installed. After that I created a sample file as mentioned above ("somefile.c"), and tried the steps mentioned above, but could not execute. My goal is to compile and execute a sample C or Cpp code on ubuntu using gcc or g++. Please help.
