How to make executed fle not a.out using gcc

Question

When I compile my C code using gcc, it creates a.out as executable. How can I create excutable file with different name?

Answer 1

You need to specify the executable file name using "-o" option. See the below example.

gcc recur.c -o recur.out

It will generate executable file recur.out and then you can run it by typing:

 ./recur.out