Simple script for executing command with retry

cmd_with_retry.py

import os
import subprocess
import sys


def run_cmd_with_retry(
    cmd,
    retry_count_limit=3,
    retry_delay_seconds=60,
    stdout=sys.stdout.fileno(),
    stderr=sys.stderr.fileno(),
):
    for retry_count in range(retry_count_limit):
        if retry_count > 0:
            os.write(stdout, f"run {cmd} with {retry_count = !r}\n".encode())
        else:
            os.write(stdout, f"run {cmd}\n".encode())

        try:
            subprocess.check_call(cmd, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
            break
        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
            pass
    else:
        os.write(stdout, f"run {cmd} error\n".encode())


def main():
    urls = []
    for url in sorted(set(urls)):
        run_cmd_with_retry(cmd=["youtube-dl", "-R", "infinite", "-c", "--recode-video", "mp4", url])


main()