bash function to retry command

retry_cmd.sh

retry_cmd()
{
    attempts=15
    false
    while [ "${?}" -gt 0 ]; do
        if [ "${attempts}" -eq 0 ]; then
            logger --tag "$0" -- "Failed to run $*: $output"
            return
        fi

        logger --tag "$0" -- "Trying to run $*"
        output=$("$@")
        if [ "${?}" -gt 0 ]; then
            let attempts--
            sleep 2
            false
        fi
    done

    echo "${output}"
}


retry_cmd /path/to/command --arg1 arg1 --arg2 arg2