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caffeinate

Prevent macOS from sleeping. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/caffeinate.html.
  • Prevent from sleeping for 1 hour (3600 seconds):
    caffeinate -u -t {{3600}}
  • Prevent from sleeping until a command completes:
    caffeinate -s "{{command}}"
  • Prevent from sleeping (use Ctrl + C to exit):
    caffeinate -i
  • Prevent disk from sleeping (use Ctrl + C to exit):
    caffeinate -m

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