Shell Command for Mac Sleep?

Hey, I wanted to know if there is simple shell/terminal (non-applescript) command for putting a mac to sleep. I've been looking around but I can't seem to find one, or any documentation that might point me to one.

My aim is to have Carbon Copy Cloner put my computer to sleep after it finishes a clone. I'm trying to do it through a shell script that I can point CCC to through the "Advanced Settings" in the app.

I appreciate any help.

--Jaime

P.S. To Admins: I wasn't sure which forum was more appropriate for this thread, this forum or the Mac Programming forum. If the latter is more appropriate, please move my thread. Thanks.

rion said:

/usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to sleep'

will do the trick. osascript runs applescript code from the command line.

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Haha, I'd given up on this post. Thank you for replying 😀

--Jaime