package main import ( "bufio" "log" "os" "strings" ) var ALIASES map[string]string func generateAliases() { f, err := os.Open("aliases.txt") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } sc := bufio.NewScanner(f) ALIASES = make(map[string]string) for sc.Scan() { sp := strings.Fields(sc.Text()) ALIASES[sp[0]] = sp[1] } }