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

   1  #include <iostream>
   2  using namespace std;
   3
   4  int main()
   5  {
   6     char letter;
   7
   8     cout << "Type any character and press Enter: ";
   9     cin >> letter;
  10     cout << "The letter typed was " << letter << endl;
  11
  12     return 0;
  13  }

[user02@FC4 Lesson07]$ g++ -o cin_char cin_char.cpp
[user02@FC4 Lesson07]$ ./cin_char
Type any character and press Enter: R
The letter typed was R
[user02@FC4 Lesson07]$ ./cin_char
Type any character and press Enter: Word
The letter typed was W