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CLI Machines Power

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Machine power and processes

These commands inspect, wake, restart, shut down, and signal processes on configured remote Macs.

Commands

Command Purpose
ed machines power status <machine> Show connection and wake availability.
ed machines power reboot <machine> --yes Restart the remote Mac.
ed machines power shutdown <machine> --yes Shut down the remote Mac.
ed machines power wake <machine> Send a wake-on-LAN packet.
ed machines kill <machine> <pid> Signal one process.
ed machines broadcast <command...> Run one command across configured Macs.

Reboot and shutdown require --yes. Edith uses sudo -n by default. Save a sudo password with ed machines edit <machine> --sudo-password-stdin when the remote account requires one.

Wake requires a stored MAC address. Edith learns one from the remote Mac after a successful connection, or you can set it with ed machines edit <machine> --mac <address>.

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