clang issue keeps saying error

Question

I'm doing the hello project for week one and I can't get pass the clang issue. I keep putting clang and it keeps saying error" no such file or directory. but the hello.c file is literally in the hello/ folder so i'm confused why clang isn't working.

Answer 1

I can see why this would give you a big headache. I suspect that somehow, the file hello.c has something corrupting the file name - either a space or a non-printable character in the filename. Try renaming it to something completely different like "foo" and then rename it back to "hello.c" but be careful not to insert any stray chars.

If that doesn't work, open a new file with a different name, copy your code to the new file, delete the old file, and rename the new file to "hello.c"

Also, make use of the ls -al command to list each file in full. It might help identify the problem.

If nothing here helps, post a message and we'll try again.

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