Exec a shell command in Go

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The package “exec” was changed a little bit. The following code worked for me.

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "os/exec"
)

func main() {
    app := "echo"

    arg0 := "-e"
    arg1 := "Hello world"
    arg2 := "\n\tfrom"
    arg3 := "golang"

    cmd := exec.Command(app, arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3)
    stdout, err := cmd.Output()

    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err.Error())
        return
    }

    // Print the output
    fmt.Println(string(stdout))
}

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