---
name: "go-fmt"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gccgo-go"
version: "2:1.24~2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/go-fmt"
---

# go-fmt(1)

gofmt (reformat) package sources

## NAME

go-fmt - gofmt (reformat) package sources

## SYNOPSIS

**go fmt** \[**-n**\] \[**-x**\] \[*packages*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Fmt runs the command ‘gofmt -l -w’ on the packages named by the import paths.  It prints the names of the files that are modified.

For more about gofmt, see ‘go doc cmd/gofmt’.\
 For more about specifying packages, see [**go-packages**(7)](/go-packages/7.md).

- **-n**

  The -n flag prints commands that would be executed.

- **-x**

  The -x flag prints commands as they are executed.

- **-mod**

  The -mod flag’s value sets which module download mode to use: readonly or vendor. See ‘go help modules’ for more.

To run gofmt with specific options, run gofmt itself.

## SEE ALSO

[**go-fix**(1)](/go-fix/1.md), [**go-vet**(1)](/go-vet/1.md).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Michael Stapelberg \<stapelberg@debian.org\> and is maintained by the Debian Go Compiler Team \<team+go-compiler@tracker.debian.org\> based on the output of ‘go help fmt’ for the Debian project (and may be used by others).