How can I compile and run C/C++ code in a Unix console or Mac terminal?
c, c++, console, macos, terminal
Solution
If it is a simple single-source program,
make foo
where the source file is foo.c, foo.cpp, etc., you don’t even need a makefile. Make has enough built-in rules to build your source file into an executable of the same name, minus the extension.
Running the executable just built is the same as running any program - but you will most often need to specify the path to the executable as the shell will only search what is in `$PATH` to find executables, and most often that does not include the current directory (`.`).
So to run the built executable `foo`:
./foo
Problem
How can I compile/run C or C++ code in a Unix console or a Mac terminal?