Simplest finger client possible in go.

finger.go

package main

import (
        "fmt"
        "net"
        "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
        // Create connection
        conn, _ := net.Dial("tcp", "mit.edu"+":79")

        // Close connection when we're done
        defer conn.Close()

        // Request default report (blank line <CR><LF>
        conn.Write([]byte("\r\n"))

        // Read response in to buffer
        mess, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(conn)

        // Print response
        fmt.Printf("%s", mess)

}