Is there any way to get readable gcc error and warning output at the command line?

Question

For some long errors, the gcc output is dense and has lots of line-wrapping etc. Especially when errors are subtle, it can take me 10-30 seconds of squinting to parse it wi

Answer 1

If you use GCC 4.9, you can add -fdiagnostics-color=auto as an additonal compilation flag. At some later version, the color has been enabled by default.

Answer 2

To answer your question 4 years later, clang should be mentioned here.

Answer 3

if you like Ruby there is GilCC! GilCC is very easy to install (just copy it to the bin folder) and easy to use (just type GilCC instead of "gcc" or "make") and it works with GCC version. Unlike Perl based scripts GilCC has statistics such as # of warnings and error and compile time. You don't have to mess with .bash files and it is cross platform as long as you can run Ruby on your machine. Since it has the power of Ruby; you can make GilCC do different things such as trigger test automation, unit test or program external hardware after a successful build.

Here is the link to the download page: http://www.onlysolutionssoftware.com/gilcc/