Compile and Run a Rust File

November 14, 2022

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Below is the contents of a simple Rust program contained in a file named sayhello.rs.

// Contents of sayhello.rs that prints text to the screen.

fn main() {
    println!("Hello there");
}

To compile and run the file use the rustc command in the terminal.

# Compile a file
$ rustc sayhello.rs

# Run the compiled file to print text to the screen
$ ./sayhello
Hello there