Running All Go Files within a Directory Using the Command Line

As a beginner in Go, you may encounter challenges when dealing with multiple files in your packages. While the conventional approach of executing the main file (e.g., go run main.go) may not suffice, there is a more efficient solution.

To execute all Go files within a directory from the command line, you can simply use the command go run .. This command leverages a special feature that interprets the dot (.) as the current directory. Therefore, it effectively instructs the program to run all the Go files in the current working directory as a single package.

This approach eliminates the need for manually specifying each file in your package, as in the case of go run main.go other.go .... It significantly simplifies and streamlines your development workflow, enabling you to run your program quickly and seamlessly.