How to do it…

The following steps cover the solution:

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter01/recipe08.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the run.go file with the following content:

        package main

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

        func main() {

          prc := exec.Command("ls", "-a")
          out := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
          prc.Stdout = out
          err := prc.Run()
          if err != nil {
            fmt.Println(err)
          }

          if prc.ProcessState.Success() {
            fmt.Println("Process run successfully with output:\n")
            fmt.Println(out.String())
          }
        }

1. Run the code by executing go run run.go.

1. See the output in the Terminal:

1. Create the start.go file with the following content:

        package main

        import (
          "fmt"
          "os/exec"
        )

        func main() {

          prc := exec.Command("ls", "-a")
          err := prc.Start()
          if err != nil {
            fmt.Println(err)
          }

          prc.Wait()

          if prc.ProcessState.Success() {
            fmt.Println("Process run successfully with output:\n")
            fmt.Println(out.String())
          }
        }

1. Run the code by executing go run start.go.
2. See the output in Terminal: