Erik Leunissen <e.leunissen@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I would like to compile C code by feeding it to gcc (or cc) from
> stdin, instead of specifying an input file. What I want would result
> in a command line like:
>
> echo "ThisWouldNeedToBeCcode" | gcc -o out.o
In gcc 4 you can do this:
echo 'int main() { printf ("Hello, world\n"); }' | gcc -xc - -o out
The '-' tells gcc to read stdin. The '-xc' tells gcc that the input
is in C (rather than, say, C++).
Ian
