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

# go-tool(1)

tool for managing Go source code

## NAME

go-tool - tool for managing Go source code

## SYNOPSIS

**go tool** \[-n\] *command* \[ *args...* \]

## DESCRIPTION

Tool runs the go tool command identified by the arguments. With no arguments it prints the list of known tools.

## OPTIONS

- **-n**

  The -n flag causes tool to print the command that would be executed but not execute it.

For more about each tool command, see 'go tool command -h'.

## 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 tool' for the Debian project (and may be used by others).