Go Standard Library Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter01/recipe02.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the main.go file with the following content:

        package main        import (          "fmt"          "os"        )        func main() {          args := os.Args          // This call will print          // all command line arguments.          fmt.Println(args)          // The first argument, zero item from slice,          // is the name of the called binary.          programName := args[0]          fmt.Printf("The binary name is: %s \n", programName)          // The rest of the arguments could be obtained          // by omitting the first argument.          otherArgs := args[1:]          fmt.Println(otherArgs)          for idx, arg := range otherArgs {            fmt.Printf("Arg %d = %s \n", idx, arg)

          }        }

4. Build the binary by executing go build -o test.
5. Execute the command ./test arg1 arg2. (Windows ...