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diff --git a/man/man1/try.1 b/man/man1/try.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b21e69c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/try.1 @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +.TH TRY 1 "November 2015" "Manual page for try" +.SH NAME +.B try +\- attempt a command up to a certain number of times until it succeeds +.SH USAGE +.B try [-hv] [-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. +.P + $ try getmails + $ try -v -n3 maybe +.SH SEE ALSO +maybe(1) +.SH AUTHOR +Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> + |