#!/usr/bin/env bash function fail { echo $1 >&2 exit 1 } function retry { local n=1 local max=3 # 3 retries before failure local delay=5 # delay between retries, 5 seconds while true; do echo "Running command '$@' with retry, attempt $n/$max" "$@" && break || { if [[ $n -lt $max ]]; then ((n++)) sleep $delay; else fail "The command has failed after $n attempts." fi } done } if [[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "${0}" ]]; then retry "$@" fi