title: Stray 377 and 376
body: <p>I am new to Linux OS and i am trying to compile a simpe c program
  , I wrote it in using text editor</p>
  
  <pre><code>#include&lt;stdio.h&gt;
  void main(){
      printf("Hello!");
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I typed <code>gcc -o main main.c</code></p>
  
  <p>and the following issue shows up</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>main.c:1:1: error: stray '\377' in program
     # i n c l u d e &lt; s t d i o . h > 
    main.c:1:2: error: stray '\376' in program</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>This happens whenever i run c or c++ program</p>