retry helps you retry a shell command until it succeeds. It was written to make one-liners as readable and intuitive as possible.
The "big idea" of retry is that it eliminates ambiguous inputs by accepting either the number of times to try a command or the total length of time to spend (re)trying it.
This information is expressed by the required --up-to argument:
retry --up-to 5x npm install # Retry for up to 5 times "npm install"
retry --up-to 10s npm install # Retry for up to 10 seconds "npm install"To constrain the total runtime of an individual attempt, use --task-timeout:
retry --up-to 10m --task-timeout 15s -- zhu-li --do the-thing| Argument name | Description |
|---|---|
--every |
A constant duration to wait between attempts. |
--on-exit-code |
Only retry when the specified command failed with this exit code. Can be specified multiple times. |
Durations are specified as [0-9]+(ns|us|ms|[smhdwy]).
--up-to accepts either a duration or the number of times attempts, specified as [0-9]+x.
This command is heavily inspired by joshdk/retry, which supports way more features!
Thanks for showing the utility of a statically-compiled retry command 🙇