Iam new to this forum; so, bear with me in case I have trespassed to an elite area.
I have no background as a developer or a coder; but ‘am an enthusiastic amateur interested in rce. ‘am slightly familiar with DevC++ compiler and Borland command line compiler bcc32 both of which I've used for compilation. Also I can make out the bare basics of asm.

Now, I will come right to the point I need help.
I can write a few lines of source in ‘C’, and instead of using a compiler to get an exe file out of it, straight away, I want to get the various intermediate files like pre-assembly file, .obj file, asm file and finally an .exe file with the help of a linker. All these steps I want to do manually one by one so that I can get a clearer picture of these various processes involved in compilation.

Please give me a few tips in this context…like tools needed etc …
Thank you.
Regards..

With Linux/GNU software ".asm" files don't normally use the extension .asm and they aren't in the same format as Windows .asm files (I think they use .s).

Similarly, ".obj" files are .o and the format is different.

Similarly, ".exe" files have no conventional extension and the format is different.

So if you keep calling things ".obj file, asm file and finally an .exe file" you will get confused.

The GCC compiler package includes everything you need. It is probably already installed in your Linux system. Read its documentation for switches that determine what operation it will do and what output it will generate.

It doesn't normally compile through assembly, but it can be told to. It can be told to do each step individually.

gcc is actually a control program, not the compiler/assembler/linker. Based on the input files and the switches, it runs the compiler and/or assembler and/or linker. It also has a switch to tell it to display the commands it uses for the programs it runs.

If you want to play with the compile/assemble/link programs individually, the easiest way to find out how is to use gcc with the switches to use assembly (rather than compile directly to a .o file) and to show you the commands it uses to run the compiler, assembler and linker.

Thank you johnsfine..

The information you have provided on the file format in Linux is very helpful.
Especially your additional explanation on gcc that ... ... is very illuminating.

Thank you.
Regards...