Starting other commands from your application
Launching external commands from your Go application opens opportunities for interaction with other programs, processes, and system utilities. The os/exec package in Go provides functionalities for starting and interacting with external processes. You can run basic commands, capture their output, and handle errors seamlessly with this package. It serves as a foundation for more advanced command execution scenarios.
For example, the os/exec package allows you to customize the execution of commands by configuring attributes such as the working directory, environment variables, and more. You can also provide inputs to the subcommand through standard input streams from the originating command-line application.
By running other commands from within your command-line application, you can run some processes in the background, allowing the application to continue its execution while monitoring or interacting with parallel processes. You can...
