roscpp error listener.cpp and talker.cpp

Question

The same talker and listener works perfectly with a python file and why it fails to work with a cpp file.

rosrun ros_basic_tutorials talker.cpp 

Error

/home/ishan/catkin_ws/src/ros_basic_tutorials/src/talker.cpp: line 6: /bin: Is a directory /home/ishan/catkin_ws/src/ros_basic_tutorials/src/talker.cpp: line 7: listener.cpp: command not found /home/ishan/catkin_ws/src/ros_basic_tutorials/src/talker.cpp: line 8: */: No such file or directory /home/ishan/catkin_ws/src/ros_basic_tutorials/src/talker.cpp: line 9: syntax error near unexpected token (' /home/ishan/catkin_ws/src/ros_basic_tutorials/src/talker.cpp: line 9: int main(int argc, char **argv)'

talker.cpp

#include "ros/ros.h"
#include "std_msgs/String.h"

#include <sstream>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{

  ros::init(argc, argv, "talker");



 ros::NodeHandle n;

  ros::Publisher chatter_pub = n.advertise<std_msgs::String>("chatter", 1000);

  ros::Rate loop_rate(10);

  int count = 0;
  while (ros::ok())
  {
   
    std_msgs::String msg;

std::stringstream ss;
ss << "hello world " << count;
msg.data = ss.str();

ROS_INFO("%s", msg.data.c_str());

chatter_pub.publish(msg);

ros::spinOnce();

loop_rate.sleep();
++count;
  }

  return 0;
}

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Originally posted by ishaniis on ROS Answers with karma: 1 on 2020-03-22

Post score: 0

Answer 1

you can't run a .cpp file.

The command should be

rosrun beginner_tutorials talker 

assuming you completed the section 3 Building your nodes of the WritingPublisherSubscriber(c++) tutorial

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Originally posted by nickw with karma: 1504 on 2020-03-22

This answer was ACCEPTED on the original site

Post score: 0

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Original comments

Comment by ishaniis on 2020-03-22:
Ahaan! Missing out on the important step. Thank you so much.