macOS c programming on terminal

Edit the file with any text editor (I'm an emacs fan myself, but most people like vi and there is also nano and probably others). Compile with the gcc command.

Example:
yourfavoriteeditor hello.c
gcc -o hello hello.c
./hello

Editing will work and you will get some related detailed information here:

http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/ancient/whatismacosx/programming.html
http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/

talmy said:

Compile with the gcc command.

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There is nothing wrong with gcc but can I recommend you try out clang as well. The usage is almost identical but as a new user you might find the warnings and errors a bit easier to deal with. You should try turning on some extra warnings as well so the compiler gives you some hints about possible errors. So instead of:

talmy said:

gcc -o hello hello.c

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try:

clang -Wall -o hello hello.c

Yep, use Clang. I had replied with the "generic answer" but have been using Clang myself. Superior error and warning messages wrt GCC.

I'll also add that anyone spending any time compiling from the command line should learn to use make. Every C program I work on (and there are lots) is built using make.