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author | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2016-02-12 16:53:20 +1300 |
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committer | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2016-02-12 16:53:20 +1300 |
commit | cd3e8631255561d8ab21352b8cb691c05ca47fcb (patch) | |
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parent | Update submodules (diff) | |
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Add try(1) and maybe(1)
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diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index b8086fe2..b03ae954 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -282,9 +282,14 @@ Scripts * `han(1)` provides a `keywordprg` for Vim's Bash script filetype that will look for `help` topics. You could use it from the shell too. It also has a brief manual. +* `maybe(1)` is like `true(1)` or `false(1)`; given a probability of success, + it exits with success or failure. Good for quick tests. * `sue(8)` execs `sudoedit(8)` as the owner of all the file arguments given, perhaps in cases where you may not necessarily have `root` `sudo(8)` privileges. +* `try(1)` repeats a command up to a given number of times until it succeeds, + only printing error output if all three attempts failed. Good for + tolerating blips or temporary failures in `cron(8)` scripts. * `vis(1)` edits executable script files in `VISPATH`, defaulting to `~/.local/bin`, for personal scripting snippets. |