go-version

go version [options] [files]

go version prints the Go runtime version of the toolchain when invoked without arguments. When given file arguments — executables or directories of executables — it reports the Go version each binary was built with, and with -m also dumps the build-time module dependency graph (`go.mod`-equivalent info) embedded in the binary.Directory arguments are walked recursively; non-Go executables are skipped silently unless -v is given.

FILES

Binary files to inspect.

Print each executable's embedded module version information (added in Go 1.13).

Report unrecognized files (otherwise non-Go files are silently skipped when scanning a directory).

Display help information.

Module info is only embedded for binaries built by Go 1.13+. Heavily stripped binaries (e.g., built with `-ldflags="-w -s"` and then run through external strippers that remove the Go build info section) may not report any version.

go version is part of the Go toolchain, extended to report binary build information for debugging.

go(1), go-build(1)