debian gcc produces hello*

[Ian Lance Taylor]

rmodesi <rmodesi@msn.com> writes:

> I am a newbie to both Linux and C programming in Linux.
> My gcc compiler produces the file hello* after executing the command:
> gcc -Wall hello.c -o hello
> Bash will not execute this program.

Note that you probably see the '*' because you are using ls -F,
perhaps through an alias.  "man ls" for details on -F.

Ian