[user02@FC4 Lesson07]$ cat -n cin_char.c

   1  #include <stdio.h>
   2
   3  int main(void)
   4  {
   5     char letter;
   6
   7     printf("Type any character and press Enter: ");
   8     scanf("%c", &letter);
   9     printf("The letter typed was %c\n", letter);
  10
  11     return 0;
  12  }

[user02@FC4 Lesson07]$ gcc -o cin_char cin_char.c
[user02@FC4 Lesson07]$ ./cin_char
Type any character and press Enter: brown
The letter typed was b
[user02@FC4 Lesson07]$ ./cin_char
Type any character and press Enter: .4
The letter typed was .