gofmt

Tool for formatting Go source code. More information: <https://golang.org/cmd/gofmt/>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/gofmt.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install golang-1.12-go
Ubuntu
apt-get install golang-1.12-go
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S go-pie
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install golang-1.11-go
CentOS
yum install gcc-go
Fedora
dnf install gcc-go
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install golang-1.12-go
Raspbian
apt-get install golang-1.6-go
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/gofmt

Tool for formatting Go source code. More information: <https://golang.org/cmd/gofmt/>.

  • Format a file and display the result to the console:
    gofmt source.go
  • Format a file, overwriting the original file in-place:
    gofmt -w source.go
  • Format a file, and then simplify the code, overwriting the original file:
    gofmt -s -w source.go
  • Print all (including spurious) errors:
    gofmt -e source.go

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