Golang : Pipe output from one os.Exec(shell command) to another command
Problem :
You want to execute one shell command with os.Exec() function, wait for it to complete and then pipe the output to another shell command. In Unix/Linux, this is something similar to... for example:
ls | wc -l
Solution :
Use the io.Pipe() function to pipe output from the first executed command to the second executing command. For example :
package main
import (
"bytes"
"io"
"os/exec"
"fmt"
)
func main() {
first := exec.Command("ps", "-ef")
second := exec.Command("wc", "-l")
// http://golang.org/pkg/io/#Pipe
reader, writer := io.Pipe()
// push first command output to writer
first.Stdout = writer
// read from first command output
second.Stdin = reader
// prepare a buffer to capture the output
// after second command finished executing
var buff bytes.Buffer
second.Stdout = &buff
first.Start()
second.Start()
first.Wait()
writer.Close()
second.Wait()
total := buff.String() // convert output to string
fmt.Printf("Total processes running : %s", total)
}
Sample output :
Total processes running : 89
Reference :
See also : Golang : Execute shell command
By Adam Ng
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