macOS command-line tools you might not know about

Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by penjelly on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @10:15AM (#36493107)

wait caffeinate exists natively? ive been using a third party caffeine tool for the longest time..

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Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by drooopy on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @10:25AM (#36493273)

That's surprising to me as well. I had no idea that caffeinate existed as a native tool on my mac. I've been relying on "Jolt of Caffeine" for the past 3 years.

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Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by hoosieree on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @10:29AM (#36493363)

Now if only I could remember how to spell caffeinate.

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Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by plorkyeran on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @11:19AM (#36494146)

I've only ever tab-completed it from caff.

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Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by samstave on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @12:53PM (#36495553)

Just make an alias to its other, easier to spell name `Methyltheobromine`. Simple.

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Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by desro on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @05:06PM (#36512612)

I'm a 'trimethylxanthine' guy myself.

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Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by sandyarmstrong on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @11:15AM (#36494075)

Yeah, I was thrilled when I discovered this for myself a few months ago! It's so useful in long-running scripts.

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Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by jkubicek on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @11:56AM (#36494641)

For a long time I used an app for this as well, but the app was just a thin wrapper around the CLI tool

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Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by penjelly on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @12:38PM (#36495264)

after seeing the post i realized this is probably the case for most of us

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Re:macOS command-line tools you might not know about by roycebranning on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @03:18PM (#36497428)

i'm most surprised that they got this one by HN community

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