go_cli_tools.md

Go CLI tools

• fatih/color - Make your output more fancy with different colours
• codegangsta/cli - Used to build CLI apps, and supports sub-commands
• k0kubun/go-readline - Support for GNU Readline for Golang
• howeyc/gopass - getpasswd support for Golang

Vanilla Go CLI Example

package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
	fmt.Print("What is your favourite color?: ")
	color, _ := reader.ReadString('\n')
	fmt.Println("My favourite color is", strings.Replace(color, "\n", "", 1), "too!")
}