attempt-cli

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "attempt - a CLI for retrying fallible commands\n----------------------------------------------\n\n`attempt` allows you to retry fallible commands with a delay.\n\n# How do I use it?\n\n`attempt [BACKOFF] [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]...`\n\n```bash\n# Rerun database migrations if the server was not ready\nattempt --retry-if-contains \"server not ready\" sqlx migrate\n\n# Use an exponential backoff\nattempt exponential --retry-if-contains \"server not ready\" sqlx migrate\n```\n\n# What can I do with it?\n\n- Wait for a service to start when you aren\u0027t [restricted to bash](https://github.com/vishnubob/wait-for-it)\n- Write robust scripts accessing resources which may become temporarily unavailable\n- Bodge flaky programs into working\n\n## Key features\n\n- **Simple.**\n    - The featureset is small but flexible enough to covers most usecases.\n    - The codebase can be audited in an afternoon.\n- **Robust.**\n    - It provides the tools you need to implement fault tolerance, like\n        timeouts, jitter, and exponential backoff.\n    - The test suite is extensive and contains both end-to-end and unit tests.\n- **Free forever.**\n    - The codebase is in the public domain.\n    - All future versions will be released under the same license.\n\n## Documentation\n\n- See the [usage instructions](https://maxbondabe.github.io/attempt/usage.html) to get a quick start\n- The [scripting guide](https://maxbondabe.github.io/attempt/appendix/scripting.html) has advice about using attempt in scripts\n- Read the [user manual](https://maxbondabe.github.io/attempt/intro.html) for full documentation\n- Run `attempt --help` for quick access to documentation\n    - Note that you need to specify a strategy to see it\u0027s parameters,\n        eg `attempt exponential --help`\n\n# Known issues\n\n- `attempt` assumes that the child command\u0027s output will be UTF-8 encoded.\n    If any output predicates are used on a program that outputs invalid\n    UTF-8, `attempt` will crash.\n- `attempt --help` will not reflect that the `fixed` strategy will be used if",
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