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#!/bin/bash
#retry.sh
#Originally by Mashi from http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56646
#Retry a command N number of times.
#Example: retry echo "hello" 5 will print "hello" 5 times.
####


COUNT=-1
if [[ $1 =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
    COUNT=$1
    shift    
fi

STATUS=0

while [ "$COUNT" -ne 0 ]; do
    let COUNT-=1
    $*
    STATUS=$?
    if [ $STATUS -eq 0 ]; then
        exit $STATUS
    fi
done
exit $STATUS