.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