Overview

os/exec package can be used to trigger any OS or system command from Go. It has two functions which can be used to achieve the same

• Command – Used to create the cmd object

• Output – It runs the command and returns the standard output

Code

package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"os/exec"
)
func main() {
out, err := exec.Command("pwd").Output()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(string(out))
}

Output:

It will output the location of current working directory