From dabf3db7153faac5e2b59429990f9f1bf6e39399 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:24:24 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] os/exec: add some examples

R=golang-dev, adg, r, bradfitz
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5675054
---
 src/pkg/os/exec/example_test.go | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/pkg/os/exec/example_test.go

diff --git a/src/pkg/os/exec/example_test.go b/src/pkg/os/exec/example_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55eaac8abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/os/exec/example_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// Copyright 2012 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package exec_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func ExampleLookPath() {
+	path, err := exec.LookPath("fortune")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("installing fortune is in your future")
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("fortune is available at %s\n", path)
+}
+
+func ExampleCommand() {
+	cmd := exec.Command("tr", "a-z", "A-Z")
+	cmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader("some input")
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &out
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("in all caps: %q\n", out.String())
+}
+
+func ExampleCmd_Output() {
+	out, err := exec.Command("date").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("The date is %s\n", out)
+}
+
+func ExampleCmd_Start() {
+	cmd := exec.Command("sleep", "5")
+	err := cmd.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	log.Printf("Waiting for command to finish...")
+	err = cmd.Wait()
+	log.Printf("Command finished with error: %v", err)
+}
+
+func ExampleCmd_StdoutPipe() {
+	cmd := exec.Command("echo", "-n", `{"Name": "Bob", "Age": 32}`)
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var person struct {
+		Name string
+		Age  int
+	}
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(stdout).Decode(&person); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("%s is %d years old\n", person.Name, person.Age)
+}
-- 
2.50.0