cargo-repeat

Repeats a command until it exits with the right code

Introduction

This crate is a nice little utility function that lets you repeat a command indefinitely until it matches a certain exit code (default 0).

Usage

# Output of cargo repeat --help

cargo-repeat 0.1.0

Repeats a command until it exits with the right code


USAGE:

    cargo-repeat.exe [OPTIONS] [-- <TARGET>...]


ARGS:

    <TARGET>...    Command and arguments to repeat


OPTIONS:

    -c, --code <i32>     Exit code to repeat until it's hit [default: 0]
    -h, --help           Print help information
    -s, --sleep <f64>    Delay between retries [default: 1]
    -v, --verbose        Verbose
    -V, --version        Print version information

Examples

# Keeps saying "hello world" until it exits with a 0 status

cargo repeat -- echo "hello world"


# Will keep running "python test.py" until it exits with status 5

cargo repeat -c 5 -- python test.py


# Keeps saying "hello" with a 0.5 second delay

cargo repeat -s 0.5 -- echo "hello" 


# Says hello and outputs some statistics at the end

cargo repeat -v -- echo "hello"