Is it possible to remotely sleep a mac using ssh?

[woodsey]

I have a PowerMac in my living room which I use to share its dial-up internet connection with the iMac in my bedroom, over ethernet.

I often check email etc. in bedroom just before bed, and am too lazy to return to the living room to sleep the PowerMac.

Is it possible to sleep or shutdown the PowerMac remotely using ssh over the terminal, or any other way?

 

[Westside guy]

I bet you can do this with an Applescript. If so you could invoke that from the command line.

I keep meaning to learn it but I keep putting it off...

Edit: Here ya go (I tried it, and it works):

osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to sleep'

Now repeat after me: Google is my friend, Google is my friend, Google ...

 

[cluthz]

You can also use this command:

sudo shutdown -h

For more info run this in the terminal:

man shutdown

 

[snkTab]

lol awesome, this will make me more lazy. if anyone knows how to make my mac feed my fishes if I forget let me know.

 

[Mechcozmo]

lol awesome, this will make me more lazy. if anyone knows how to make my mac feed my fishes if I forget let me know.

Make a Mac Fishtank! Linkety for you!

 

[Westside guy]

Just a note - "shutdown" is not the same as "sleep". It completely powers off your computer. Not a problem as long as that's what you're after.

For most folks there's not much reason to completely shut off your computer though (in my opinion anyway).