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Created September 13, 2010 19:38
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example how to use exec.Run
package main
import (
"bufio"
"exec"
"fmt"
)
func main() {
cat, err := exec.LookPath("cat")
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("error:", err)
return
}
cmd := []string{cat}
p, err := exec.Run(cmd[0], cmd, nil, "", exec.PassThrough, exec.Pipe, 0)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("error:", err)
return
}
r := bufio.NewReader(p.Stdout)
for {
l, err := r.ReadString('\n')
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("read:", err)
return
}
fmt.Printf(">>> %q <<<\n", l)
}
}
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