How to Run a Golang File

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To run a Go program, you will need to have Go installed on your system. Then you can use the go run command to run your program.

Here is an example of how to run a Go program using the go run command:

$ go run main.go

This will execute the Go program stored in the main.go file. If you want to run a program stored in a different file, you can specify the name of that file instead of main.go.

You can also use the go build command to build an executable file for your program, and then run the executable file. For example:

$ go build main.go
$ ./main

This will build an executable file for the program stored in the main.go file, and then run the executable file.

Note: Before running a Go program, make sure that you are in the correct directory and that your Go environment is set up correctly. You can check your Go environment by running the go env command.


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