GCC compile c program

I know there is tons of posts on this but I still cant seem to solve my problem. I am brand new to programming and im trying to run my test.c in GCC.

my version is
Charles-Aweidas-MacBook-Pro:~ charlesaweida$ gcc --version
i686-apple-darwin10-gcc-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5664)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

I am running the file off my desktop

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
int main(void){
        printf("hello world\n");
        return 0;
}

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when i compile it I get a large 'blank space' and thats it.
Charles-Aweidas-MacBook-Pro:~ charlesaweida$ gcc /Users/charlesaweida/Desktop/test.c
Charles-Aweidas-MacBook-Pro:~ charlesaweida$

can anyone help me get up and running?
i installed Xcode, the comand line tool compiles just fine but i cant get it to compile in the terminal, i wonder if it cant find stdio.h???

hmmmmm

An Introduction to GCC - Table of Contents

great, thanks!

Can you explain "blank space" meaning. The command you showed for compilation is returning the prompt as expected. Kindly explain your problem more !

The compiler doesn't give me errors, but it does print "hello world"

Your test.c compiled successfully, without any errors. There should be a file in /Users/charlesaweida/Desktop named a.out. This is your program, and it should print "hello world" like it's supposed to. Nothing to worry about :)

try to compile your code with this sintax:

Code:

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root@invecta:~# gcc -o test test.c

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if no error message shows, thats mean you successfully to compile that code. To run your result, try to type ./test