go-tool

Run a specific Go tool or command.

List available tools

$ go tool

Run the go link tool

$ go tool link [path/to/main.o]

Print the command that would be executed, but do not execute it (similar to whereis)

$ go tool -n [command] [arguments]

Display documentation for a specified tool

$ go tool [command] --help

go tool [ -n ] command [ args... ]

Tool runs the go tool command identified by the arguments. With no arguments it prints the list of known tools.

-n: The -n flag causes tool to print the command that would be executed but not execute it.

For more about each tool command, see 'go tool command -h'.

This manual page was written by Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).