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<table class="dir">
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
<th>Synopsis</th>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="/cmd/go/">go</a></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td>
Go is a tool for managing Go source code.
<br>
Besides compiling and running Go programs, the go command is also used to
invoke the other commands listed below. See the command docs for usage
details.
<br><br>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="/cmd/cgo/">cgo</a></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td>Cgo enables the creation of Go packages that call C code.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="/cmd/cov/">cov</a></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td>Cov is a rudimentary code coverage tool.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="/cmd/fix/">fix</a></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td>Fix finds Go programs that use old features of the language and libraries
and rewrites them to use newer ones.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="/cmd/go/">doc</a></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td>Doc extracts and generates documentation for Go packages, it is also available as
an independent <a href="/cmd/godoc/">godoc</a> command with more general options.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="/cmd/go/">fmt</a></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td>Fmt formats Go packages, it is also available as an independent <a href="/cmd/gofmt/">
gofmt</a> command with more general options.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="/cmd/prof/">prof</a></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td>Prof is a rudimentary real-time profiler.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="/cmd/vet/">vet</a></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td>Vet examines Go source code and reports suspicious constructs, such as Printf
calls whose arguments do not align with the format string.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="/cmd/yacc/">yacc</a></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td>Yacc is a version of yacc for Go.</td>
</tr>

</table>

<p>
This is an abridged list. See the <a href="/cmd/">full command reference</a>
for documentation of the compilers and more.
</p>