need help running compiled c++ code

**jplichta** · 05-14-2005

Ok I am pretty new to linux, but have done java and c++ programming in a unix-like enviroment before via ssh. I am trying to run a simple c++ that I have compiled in the following way.

Code:

c++ -o hello hello.cpp

when I do this it makes a file in the current directory called:
hello*

now usually to run the program I would just type hello in the shell and it would run the program right? but when i do type hello I get this:

bash: hello: command not found

Thank you for any help and your patience helping out a linux-newbie,

Jeremy

**robotics56a** · 05-14-2005

are you typeing:

hello

or

./hello

?

./ means "in this directory"

**bryansmith** · 05-14-2005

Like robotics56a said, you will have to type:

Code:

./<program name>

You will have to be in the directory of the compiled program for that to work.

Bryan

**jplichta** · 05-14-2005

doooow

Thanks guys for the quick response!!!

**bryansmith** · 05-21-2005

No problem, glad to help.

Bryan

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