How to run C Program from Terminal?

Running C Program from the terminal might be difficult for many new developers and programmers but believe me, it’s very easy than it looks.

Basically, you just need to follow 3 steps to run your C Program from Terminal!

PreRequisites

You need to have gcc installed on your system and make sure to set up the path on your windows machine:P

You can check if gcc is installed or not via:

gcc -v

The result of the code might differ according to the OS and the version of gcc

If your system has gcc then you can proceed to next step😉

1. Save a file with a .c extension in it

Here, I have saved my code in “program.c” filename on my desired path.

2. Compile your code

gcc filename.c -o filename

This will compile your code and create an executable named filename!

Here you can see a new file program is being created which is an executable file.

3. Run the program

./filename

You can run the program by executing the executable file

Horray! You have successfully executed your program from the terminal🥳
Hope it has helped you!