Newbie using gcc

["Mike Glaser" <jurupari@geocities.com>]

I need some help in getting started with gcc. I have a few simple C 
and C++ programs I need compiled on my RedHat 6 system. Where can I 
find some examples of compiling some source code into executable 
programs?

At this point I have managed to go from 'gcc somefile.c' to getting 
'a.out' which I cannot do anything with. I know this is really basic 
stuff and I am probably missing some obvious things, but can some one 
let me know where to go from here??

Thank-you,
Mike Glaser