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bhattisatish08/01/20251 replyview on HN

`caffeinate -s <script>` should do the trick. You don't need anything else.

`caffeinate -d` will disable the shutting down of display.

`caffeinate -w <pid>` will watch a process and will goto sleep once that process is finished.


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martin8208/02/2025

oh wow... 10 years on MacOS and I had no idea this is a thing