$ cat main.c #define foo(x) #x foo(abc) $ clang-cpp-14 main.c # 1 "main.c" # 1 "" 1 # 1 "" 3 # 361 "" 3 # 1 "" 1 # 1 "" 2 # 1 "main.c" 2 "abc" $ clang-cpp-14 -v Debian clang version 14.0.6 Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Thread model: posix InstalledDir: /usr/bin Found candidate GCC installation: /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/10 Found candidate GCC installation: /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/12 Found candidate GCC installation: /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/8 Selected GCC installation: /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/12 Candidate multilib: .;@m64 Selected multilib: .;@m64 (in-process) "/usr/lib/llvm-14/bin/clang" -cc1 -triple x86_64-pc-linux-gnu -E -disable-free -clear-ast-before-backend -disable-llvm-verifier -discard-value-names -main-file-name - -mrelocation-model pic -pic-level 2 -pic-is-pie -mframe-pointer=all -fmath-errno -ffp-contract=on -fno-rounding-math -mconstructor-aliases -funwind-tables=2 -target-cpu x86-64 -tune-cpu generic -debugger-tuning=gdb -v -fcoverage-compilation-dir=/home/mario/tmp -resource-dir /usr/lib/llvm-14/lib/clang/14.0.6 -internal-isystem /usr/lib/llvm-14/lib/clang/14.0.6/include -internal-isystem /usr/local/include -internal-isystem /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/12/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/include -internal-externc-isystem /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu -internal-externc-isystem /include -internal-externc-isystem /usr/include -fdebug-compilation-dir=/home/mario/tmp -ferror-limit 19 -fgnuc-version=4.2.1 -fcolor-diagnostics -faddrsig -D__GCC_HAVE_DWARF2_CFI_ASM=1 -o - -x c - clang -cc1 version 14.0.6 based upon LLVM 14.0.6 default target x86_64-pc-linux-gnu ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/12/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/include" ignoring nonexistent directory "/include" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/lib/llvm-14/lib/clang/14.0.6/include /usr/local/include /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/include End of search list.