How can stdout be captured or suppressed for Go(lang) testing?

Question

How can stdout be captured or suppressed for Go testing?

I am trying to teach myself go(lang) testing. In the code below, myshow.LoadPath prints lots of information to

Answer 1

os.Stdout which is used by the fmt.Printf and others is just a variable. So you can overwrite it at any time and restore it back when necessary. https://golang.org/pkg/os/#pkg-variables