Redo: A Command-Line Utility for Repeating Executions

Introduction

Redo is a lightweight command-line tool designed to facilitate repeated execution of a specific command according to given criteria. It supports setting a timeout for command executions and specifying the number of repetitions. Moreover, it includes an option to keep repeating a command until it succeeds.

Features

• -e, --timeout: Sets a timeout for each command execution. Supports time strings with units (s, m, or h). For example, -e 10s represents a 10-second timeout.
• -r: Specifies how many times the command should be repeated.
• -u: Continuously repeats the command until it succeeds (exits with code 0).

Usage Example

redo -r 5 -e 10s ping google.com

This command would execute ping google.com five times, with a maximum execution time of 10 seconds per attempt.

redo "ps aux | grep redo"

This will execute the command 'ps aux | grep redo'

Installation

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/redo.git
cd redo
make
sudo make install