package main import ( "fmt" "os" "os/exec" "strings" "text/template" ) var tmpl = ` Hello this is the text: {{ sh "hledger bal assets" }} ` func sh(command string) string { args := strings.Split(command, " ") out, err := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...).Output() if err != nil { return fmt.Sprintf("> Failed to execute the command:\n> %s\n", err.Error()) } return fmt.Sprintf("\n```\n%s\n```\n", string(out)) } func main() { funcMap := template.FuncMap{ "sh": sh, } t, err := template.New("foo").Funcs(funcMap).Parse(tmpl) if err != nil { panic(err) } t.Execute(os.Stdout, "hledger is awesome") }