caffeinate

Prevent the system from sleeping on behalf of a utility.

Runs as caffeinate|macOS, Linux, Windows

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 7 fields

Create power assertions for a duration or until a process exits. Running a utility under caffeinate is outside this form.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui caffeinate

Prevent sleepExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Prevent display sleep

-d

Timeout (seconds)*

integer

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Keep display awake for a time

displaytimeout

Keep awake until a process exits

idlewait_pid

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Prevent display sleep

boolean

-d

Prevent idle system sleep

boolean

-i

Prevent disk idle sleep

boolean

-m

Prevent system sleep (AC power)

Valid only while the system is running on AC power.
boolean

-s

Declare user active

Turns the display on if it is off. Without a timeout the assertion lasts 5 seconds.
boolean

-u

Timeout (seconds)

integer

-t

Wait for process (PID)

Release the assertion when this process exits.
integer

-w

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

fig

completion

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed caffeinate against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.