Quick example on how to shell out to commandline from go

commandline.go

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "os"
    "os/exec"
)

func main() {
    cmdName := "ps"
    cmdArgs := []string{"-ef"}
    cmdOut, err := exec.Command(cmdName, cmdArgs...).Output()
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "There was an error running ps -ef command: ", err)
        os.Exit(1)
    }
    output := string(cmdOut)
    fmt.Println(output)
}