Go: Small example of running system commands

gistfile1.go

package main                                                                    
                                                                                
import "os/exec"                                                                
import "fmt"                                                                    
import "bytes"                                                                  
                                                                                
func main() {                                                                   
    cmd := exec.Command("/bin/ls", "-al")                                       
    var out bytes.Buffer                                                        
    cmd.Stdout = &out                                                           
    cmd.Run()                                                                   
                                                                                
    fmt.Println(out.String())                                                   
                                                                                
    outs, err := exec.Command("date").Output()                                  
    if err != nil {                                                             
        fmt.Println("Something went wrong")                                     
    }                                                                           
    fmt.Printf("The date is %s\n", outs)                                        
}