Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@cwen0
Forked from dublx/retry.sh
Created June 17, 2019 10:12
Show Gist options
  • Save cwen0/20dea01542a30eabb46c93ff7f62e344 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save cwen0/20dea01542a30eabb46c93ff7f62e344 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Bash - retry command N times
#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
function myFunction() {
myCommand
return $?
}
retry=0
maxRetries=5
retryInterval=15
until [ ${retry} -ge ${maxRetries} ]
do
myFunction && break
retry=$[${retry}+1]
echo "Retrying [${retry}/${maxRetries}] in ${retryInterval}(s) "
sleep ${retryInterval}
done
if [ ${retry} -ge ${maxRetries} ]; then
echo "Failed after ${maxRetries} attempts!"
exit 1
fi
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment