Convenience script for compiling and running C/C++ programs

run.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# ShellChecked with no issues detected

set -eu
set -o pipefail

compile() {
    local args
    args=$(head -1 "$src" | sed 's/^\/*//')
    # Ignore any Makefiles that might be present
    eval "make -f /dev/null $args $exe"
}

run() {
    ./"$exe" "$@"
}

src="$1"
exe="${src%.*}"
shift
compile && run "$@"

test.c

// CC=clang CFLAGS="-Wall -Wextra"
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
        printf("argv[%d] = %s\n", i, argv[i]);
    }
  
    return 0;
}

$ run.sh test.c
clang -Wall -Wextra test.c -o test
argv[0] = ./test

$ run.sh test.c 1 two "three four" 5
make: `test' is up to date.
argv[0] = ./test
argv[1] = 1
argv[2] = two
argv[3] = three four
argv[4] = 5