How to run .cpp from Terminal

1) if you have single file Only “main.cpp”

1. 1 compile and run c++ without giving target name

How to compile:

g++ main.cpp

one a.out file will be generated by default

How to Run

./a.out

1. 2 compile and run c++ with target name

How to compile:

g++ main.cpp -o test

one test.out file will be generated by default

How to Run

./test

2) Multiple .cpp files:

suppose we three files

main.cpp

chess.cpp

chess.h

How to compile multiple files in c++

g++ main.cpp chess.cpp -o output 

Here we have three file but we need to compile only chess.cpp file not header file

How to run

./output

3) All .cpp files

g++ *.cpp -o outputname

./outputname

4) Advanced setting to run c++

If you want to include standard while compiling then you can do with following ways

Compiling c++ with -std=c++11

g++ -std=c++11 main.cpp chess.cpp -o output 

How to run

./output 

5) Compile CPP make file

Make filename # creates “main” application 

./main #Run application on terminal

6) C++ Compilation with activates all Warnings

”-Wall” activates all Warnings

g++ -Wall main.cpp -o output

Run

./output