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| author | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2016-02-12 20:32:14 +1300 |
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| committer | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2016-02-12 20:32:14 +1300 |
| commit | f4f5db1808fea333ff11d3408500fee403c4e63d (patch) | |
| tree | 660d355f0ea1bb178092665a8a9ec4e47e57ffa6 /man/man1/try.1 | |
| parent | Correct default for try(1) attempt count (diff) | |
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Add -i option to try(1)
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/man1/try.1 | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/man1/try.1 b/man/man1/try.1 index 482872fb..380c0a29 100644 --- a/man/man1/try.1 +++ b/man/man1/try.1 @@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ .B try \- attempt a command up to a certain number of times until it succeeds .SH USAGE -.B try [-hv] [-n ATTEMPTS] [--] COMMAND... +.B try [-hv] [-i INTERVAL] [-n ATTEMPTS] [--] COMMAND... .SH DESCRIPTION Runs the given command up to a fixed number of times until it exits zero. If all attempts fail, writes buffered error output from all attempts to stderr. .P -Option -h gives help, option -v turns on verbose output, option -n specifies -the number of attempts; defaults to 3. Options may be terminated with --. The -remaining arguments are the command to run. +Option -h gives help, option -v turns on verbose output, option -i specifies an +optional number of seconds between attempts, and option -n specifies the number +of attempts; defaults to 3. Options may be terminated with --. The remaining +arguments are the command to run. .P $ try getmails $ try -v -n3 maybe |