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macOS command-line tools you might not know about

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2039 points Gadiguibou | 10 comments | 27 Jun 23 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 1.12s | source | bottom
1. penjelly ◴[27 Jun 23 14:15 UTC] No.36493107[source]▶
wait caffeinate exists natively? ive been using a third party caffeine tool for the longest time..
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2. drooopy ◴[27 Jun 23 14:25 UTC] No.36493273[source]▶
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.
3. hoosieree ◴[27 Jun 23 14:29 UTC] No.36493363[source]▶
Now if only I could remember how to spell caffeinate.
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4. sandyarmstrong ◴[27 Jun 23 15:15 UTC] No.36494075[source]▶
Yeah, I was thrilled when I discovered this for myself a few months ago! It's so useful in long-running scripts.
5. plorkyeran ◴[27 Jun 23 15:19 UTC] No.36494146[source]▶
I've only ever tab-completed it from caff.
6. jkubicek ◴[27 Jun 23 15:56 UTC] No.36494641[source]▶
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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7. penjelly ◴[27 Jun 23 16:38 UTC] No.36495264[source]▶
after seeing the post i realized this is probably the case for most of us
8. samstave ◴[27 Jun 23 16:53 UTC] No.36495553[source]▶
Just make an alias to its other, easier to spell name `Methyltheobromine`. Simple.
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9. roycebranning ◴[27 Jun 23 19:18 UTC] No.36497428[source]▶
i'm most surprised that they got this one by HN community
10. desro ◴[28 Jun 23 21:06 UTC] No.36512612{3}[source]▶
I'm a 'trimethylxanthine' guy myself.