go

programming language

Download and install a package, specified by its import path

$ go get [package_path]

Compile and run a source file (it has to contain a main package)

$ go run [file].go

Compile a source file into a named executable

$ go build -o [executable] [file].go

Compile the package present in the current directory

$ go build

Execute all test cases of the current package (files have to end with _test.go)

$ go test

Compile and install the current package

$ go install

Initialize a new module in the current directory

$ go mod init [module_name]

go command [arguments]

The Go distribution includes a command, named go, that automates the downloading, building, installation, and testing of Go packages and commands.

Each command is documented in its own manpage. For example, the build command is documented in go-build(1). The commands are:

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