You can use a tool like gorun (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/gorun https://wiki.ubuntu.com/gorun) to run Go source code as if it were a shell script, by putting gorun

You can use a tool like gorun (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/gorun https://wiki.ubuntu.com/gorun) to run Go source code as if it were a shell script, by putting gorun in the shebang line. Of course the disadvantage is that you need to Go have the toolchain installed everywhere you want to use the Go script, so it's definitely not as portable as using a regular shell script.