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     6  <p>
     7  There is a suite of programs to build and process Go source code.
     8  Instead of being run directly, programs in the suite are usually invoked
     9  by the <a href="/cmd/go/">go</a> program.
    10  </p>
    11  
    12  <p>
    13  The most common way to run these programs is as a subcommand of the go program,
    14  for instance as <code>go fmt</code>. Run like this, the command operates on
    15  complete packages of Go source code, with the go program invoking the
    16  underlying binary with arguments appropriate to package-level processing.
    17  </p>
    18  
    19  <p>
    20  The programs can also be run as stand-alone binaries, with unmodified arguments,
    21  using the go <code>tool</code> subcommand, such as <code>go tool vet</code>.
    22  This style of invocation allows, for instance, checking a single source file
    23  rather than an entire package: <code>go tool vet myprogram.go</code> as
    24  compared to <code>go vet mypackage</code>.
    25  Some of the commands, such as <code>yacc</code>, are accessible only through
    26  the go <code>tool</code> subcommand.
    27  </p>
    28  
    29  <p>
    30  Finally the <code>fmt</code> and <code>godoc</code> commands are installed
    31  as regular binaries called <code>gofmt</code> and <code>godoc</code> because
    32  they are so often referenced.
    33  </p>
    34  
    35  <p>
    36  Click on the links for more documentation, invocation methods, and usage details.
    37  </p>
    38  
    39  <table class="dir">
    40  <tr>
    41  <th>Name</th>
    42  <th>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</th>
    43  <th>Synopsis</th>
    44  </tr>
    45  
    46  <tr>
    47  <td><a href="/cmd/go/">go</a></td>
    48  <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
    49  <td>
    50  The <code>go</code> program manages Go source code and runs the other
    51  commands listed here.
    52  See the command docs for usage
    53  details.
    54  <br><br>
    55  </td>
    56  </tr>
    57  
    58  <tr>
    59  <td><a href="/cmd/cgo/">cgo</a></td>
    60  <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
    61  <td>Cgo enables the creation of Go packages that call C code.</td>
    62  </tr>
    63  
    64  <tr>
    65  <td><a href="//godoc.org/code.google.com/p/go.tools/cmd/cover/">cover</a></td>
    66  <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
    67  <td>Cover is a program for creating and analyzing the coverage profiles
    68  generated by <code>"go test -coverprofile"</code>.</td>
    69  </tr>
    70  
    71  <tr>
    72  <td><a href="/cmd/fix/">fix</a></td>
    73  <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
    74  <td>Fix finds Go programs that use old features of the language and libraries
    75  and rewrites them to use newer ones.</td>
    76  </tr>
    77  
    78  <tr>
    79  <td><a href="/cmd/go/">fmt</a></td>
    80  <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
    81  <td>Fmt formats Go packages, it is also available as an independent <a href="/cmd/gofmt/">
    82  gofmt</a> command with more general options.</td>
    83  </tr>
    84  
    85  <tr>
    86  <td><a href="//godoc.org/code.google.com/p/go.tools/cmd/godoc/">godoc</a></td>
    87  <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
    88  <td>Godoc extracts and generates documentation for Go packages.</td>
    89  </tr>
    90  
    91  <tr>
    92  <td><a href="//godoc.org/code.google.com/p/go.tools/cmd/vet/">vet</a></td>
    93  <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
    94  <td>Vet examines Go source code and reports suspicious constructs, such as Printf
    95  calls whose arguments do not align with the format string.</td>
    96  </tr>
    97  
    98  <tr>
    99  <td><a href="/cmd/yacc/">yacc</a></td>
   100  <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
   101  <td>Yacc is a version of yacc that generates parsers implemented in Go.</td>
   102  </tr>
   103  
   104  </table>
   105  
   106  <p>
   107  This is an abridged list. See the <a href="/cmd/">full command reference</a>
   108  for documentation of the compilers and more.
   109  </p>