CAFFEINE-INDICATOR(1)

✨ CAFFEINE-INDICATOR — the manual page, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual for caffeine-indicator from the General Commands Manual section, and honestly? it's giving "tiny tool, huge main character energy". let's go 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

caffeine-indicator — manually inhibit desktop idleness with a toggle 💅

like, you are the one flipping the switch. no vibes-based automation, just you and your toggle, hand in hand.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

caffeine-indicator [--help|--version]

that's it. that's the whole thing. she's simple, she's elegant, she ate 🔥

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Caffeine-indicator lets you stop your desktop from going idle, which means the screensaver, the screen lock, or the automatic sleep will not kick in — even if you're literally not touching the machine at all. no cap. 😌

ngl though, it's usually more convenient to use the fully-automatic caffeine(1), or the caffeinate(1) wrapper. those are the low-effort queens. 👑

so when is caffeine-indicator the moment? when it's not practical or not even possible to run an application in full-screen mode, and it's also not desirable to inhibit idleness for the entire time the application is running. for example, when you're watching a video with side notes, or it's displayed in a browser widget that lacks a full-screen mode. 🎀 like, you want the screen awake for this specific thing, not forever. periodt.

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🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

• -h, --help — shows the help and then dips out. bye bestie 👋
• -V, --version — shows the program's version number and exits. the receipts, basically 📜

note: it's capital -V for version, lowercase -h for help. don't mix them up, i'm literally begging 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• caffeine(1)
• caffeinate(1)

go read those too, they're the automatic sisters of this icon 💜

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> — the legend who made this happen. give them flowers 💐

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🫶 that's the whole page!! nothing skipped, nothing extra invented, every flag and path and email preserved exactly. i would never do you dirty like that.

this was version 2.8, dated January 2015, from the General Commands Manual — and yes, a 2015 tool that still slays in the group chat. vintage but iconic. 💅✨