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I've been trying to write a really simple bash script as follows:

#!/bin/bash
gcc –Werror –std=c99 client.c –o client
gcc –Werror –std=c99 server.c –o server

Each of the commands works fine when input manually, but from the scripts it treats each of the flags as a standalone command, resulting in the following output:

[elad@localhost HW1]$ ./compile
gcc: –Werror: No such file or directory
gcc: –std=c99: No such file or directory
gcc: –o: No such file or directory
gcc: –Werror: No such file or directory
gcc: –std=c99: No such file or directory
gcc: –o: No such file or directory
[elad@localhost HW1]$

I'm using a weird specialized RedHat distro provided by my university.

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In

gcc –Werror

this character: – is not a dash (-), but an en-dash.

Replace that and/or use a different editor.

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    That's what I get for copy&pasting code from a PDF. I can't believe I overlooked that! Silly me! Thanks!
    – Elad Avron
    Apr 23, 2016 at 11:11

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