# caffeinate

> Prevent macOS from sleeping.
> More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/caffeinate.8.html>.

- Prevent the display from sleeping:

`caffeinate -d`

- Prevent from sleeping for 1 hour (3600 seconds):

`caffeinate -u -t {{3600}}`

- Fork a process, exec "make" in it, and prevent sleep as long as that process is running:

`caffeinate -i make`

- Prevent from sleeping until a process with the specified PID completes:

`caffeinate -w {{pid}}`

- Prevent disk from sleeping (use `<Ctrl c>` to exit):

`caffeinate -m`