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By: Lewy

Lewy — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:40:14 +0000

Yes, there are unix commands on OSX. That's because the Mac OS is unix darwin, with an elaborate UI overlaid. Open a terminal and you're in unix. Some things are missing; some extras are added, but if you like unix, you'll feel right at home.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:22:45 +0000

I think Caffeinate makes perfect sense in my opinion.

By: dioioib

dioioib — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:36:39 +0000

for caffeinate why not just make a symbolic link like caf_? That should solve everyones problem with the spelling.

By: Gordo

Gordo — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:00:32 +0000

killall can be dangerous, as it does different things on *BSD (incl Mac OS X) than on Solaris. (Not sure about Linux, guessing same as *BSD)

killall on *BSD kills by name. killall on Solaris kills all running processes, just like the name says.

As I work on both *BSD (incl Mac OS X) and Solaris, I don't ever use that command. Running killall accidentally on a prod Sun box will present the opportunity to explore career opportunities elsewhere.

pgrep & pkill are very welcome additions.

By: gentux

gentux — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:35:06 +0000

sorry meant the "caf" + tab but it didn't get through.

By: gentux

gentux — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:33:41 +0000

The Tab Key is your friend. "caf + " you should be able to type even if the active brain units tend to go to zero.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:47:18 +0000

Only problem with caffeinate is going to be remembering how to spell it. Should have gone for "nodoze".

By: Danny Whitt

Danny Whitt — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:11:21 +0000

@gtcaz Sounds more like theft rather than homage.