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0 pointslatexr3y ago0 comments

> Does this stay on indefinitely?

If you want. If you don’t, use the `-t` flag for it to turn off after a set number of seconds or `-w` to do so after a specific process ends.

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lambdaba3y ago

The more unixy way is probably `timeout <seconds> caffeinate` :)

bajsejohannes3y ago

Or `caffeinate sleep <seconds>` which has the (only) added benefit that it comes pre-installed with MacOS

lambdaba3y ago

Yes but this got me thinking is it makes more sense to sleep after timing out the caffeination instead of keeping the sleep command running ;) that's enough Unix for the day haha

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0 pointslatexr3y ago0 comments

> Does this stay on indefinitely?

If you want. If you don’t, use the `-t` flag for it to turn off after a set number of seconds or `-w` to do so after a specific process ends.

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lambdaba3y ago

The more unixy way is probably `timeout <seconds> caffeinate` :)

bajsejohannes3y ago

Or `caffeinate sleep <seconds>` which has the (only) added benefit that it comes pre-installed with MacOS

lambdaba3y ago

Yes but this got me thinking is it makes more sense to sleep after timing out the caffeination instead of keeping the sleep command running ;) that's enough Unix for the day haha

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