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Tiny command to detect whether Mac display is awake or asleep
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awake.c
#include <CoreGraphics/CoreGraphics.h>
int main()
{
return CGDisplayIsAsleep(CGMainDisplayID());
}
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ts1 commented Aug 28, 2020

Compile like this

cc -Wall -O2 awake.c -framework CoreGraphics -o awake

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ts1 commented Aug 28, 2020

Use in AppleScript

	try
		do shell script "/path/to/awake"
		-- display is awake
	on error
		-- display is asleep
	end try

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