trycmd

A clear and consistent message to inform you whether a command succeeded or failed.

Trycmd runs a given command then, on the completion of said command, prints a clear message stating whether the whether the command succeeded or failed. This may be useful when running commands that report their success or failure through status codes, where their on-screen notification (if any) is too subtle. Trycmd is not subtle.

Example:

$ try wget -q www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2324.txt  # Download an RFC.
==============================================================================
Success: wget -q www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2324.txt
==============================================================================

To create automake build files, either use bootstrap:

• $ ./bootstrap.sh

or perform bootstrap's steps manually:

• $ aclocal
• $ autoconf
• $ autoheader
• $ automake --add-missing

Now you should have a configure and all required makefiles.

To build and install:

• $ ./configure
• $ make
• $ sudo make install

To use:

• $ try true # success.
• $ try false # failure.
• $ try --color=auto make # a colorful software build.

For help:

• $ try -h # show usage.
• $ man try # manual page.