package main import ( "fmt" "os" "os/exec" ) func isInstalled(name string) bool { cmd := exec.Command("/bin/sh", "-c", "command -v " + name) if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil { return false } return true } //func execute(cmdstr string) (string, error) { // cmdargs := strings.Split(cmdstr, " ") // string arrayified // cmd := cmdargs[0] // command // cmdargs = append(cmdargs[:0], cmdargs[1:]...) // argument array sans cmd // out, err := exec.Command(cmd, cmdargs...).CombinedOutput() // return string(out[:]), err //} func subExecute(program string, args ...string) ([]byte, error) { cmd := exec.Command(program, args...) cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr err := cmd.Run() if err != nil { fmt.Printf("%v\n", err) } return cmd.CombinedOutput() }