Run perl from golang

Question

I want to utilize perl from my golang application for regexp purposes. How can I run a perl file and communicate between the two processes? I have tried the package os/exec but it gave me a pointer as a final value.

Answer 1

I do not think it to be not a good idea to use os/exec just to use regex. But if you absolutely need to. Run it through os/exec command and then read it from Cmd.Stdout and Cmd.Stderr . For providing inputs you can use Cmd.Stdin .

You are getting pointer may be because you are not running the command. Is that how you are trying c :=exec.Command('perl') Also run c.Run()