Get exit code - Go

Question

I\'m using the package: os/exec http://golang.org/pkg/os/exec/ to execute a command in the operating system but I don\'t seem to find the way to get the exit code. I can rea

Answer 1

Since golang version 1.12, the exit code is available natively and in a cross-platform manner. See ExitError and ExitCode().

ExitCode returns the exit code of the exited process, or -1 if the process hasn't exited or was terminated by a signal.

if err := cmd.Run() ; err != nil {
    if exitError, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); ok {
        return exitError.ExitCode()
    }
}