http://majid.info/blog/making-mac-os-x-sleep-from-the-command-line/ Sporadic pontification Sun, 13 May 2012 10:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://majid.info/blog/making-mac-os-x-sleep-from-the-command-line/comment-page-1/#comment-6431 arri Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:10:28 +0000 http://www.majid.info/mylos/weblog/2003/12/05-1.html#comment-6431 yet, even simpler.. <code>pmset sleepnow</code> yet, even simpler..
pmset sleepnow

]]> http://majid.info/blog/making-mac-os-x-sleep-from-the-command-line/comment-page-1/#comment-1573 Renegade Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:55:19 +0000 http://www.majid.info/mylos/weblog/2003/12/05-1.html#comment-1573 It can be made even simpler: osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to sleep' It can be made even simpler:
osascript -e ‘tell application “System Events” to sleep’

]]> http://majid.info/blog/making-mac-os-x-sleep-from-the-command-line/comment-page-1/#comment-1571 majid Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:17:30 +0000 http://www.majid.info/mylos/weblog/2003/12/05-1.html#comment-1571 Thanks for the tip. I don't think this option existed in OS X 10.3 Panther when I wrote this blog post. A benefit of macsleep is that it does not require superuser privileges, however. Thanks for the tip. I don’t think this option existed in OS X 10.3 Panther when I wrote this blog post. A benefit of macsleep is that it does not require superuser privileges, however.

]]> http://majid.info/blog/making-mac-os-x-sleep-from-the-command-line/comment-page-1/#comment-1570 Jason Rudolph Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:58:41 +0000 http://www.majid.info/mylos/weblog/2003/12/05-1.html#comment-1570 This command does the trick: sudo shutdown -s now This command does the trick: sudo shutdown -s now

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