Get current Username in Go (Golang)

Overview

‘os/user’ package can be used to get the current user name.

Let’s see a working code

Code

package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"os/user"
)
func main() {
user, err := user.Current()
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf(err.Error())
}
username := user.Username
fmt.Printf("Username: %s\n", username)
}

Output

Username: "someusername"