How do I change the final location of a compiled c program in the terminal

Question

After a c program is compiled it is stored in ./a.out.

Is there any way in which I can change the file to any name I want?

the file name of the compiled program – Raghavendra Gautam Aug 19 '15 at 20:03 — Raghavendra Gautam, Aug 19 '15 at 20:03
What command do you run for it to be saved as ./a.out? – Tim Aug 19 '15 at 20:04 — Tim, Aug 19 '15 at 20:04
gcc (the file name ).c – Raghavendra Gautam Aug 19 '15 at 20:05 — Raghavendra Gautam, Aug 19 '15 at 20:05

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '15 at 20:05

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Depends on the compiler. For the GCC family (gcc, g++, etc.), you can use the -o option. The following creates an executable name blah:

gcc foo.c -o blah

answered Aug 19 '15 at 20:05

muru

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+1 `clang` and `clang++` maintain this convention AFAIK – steeldriver Aug 19 '15 at 20:32

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