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MacOS Sierra "start screen server" from command line, a way to Lock Screen
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start-screen-saver.sh
#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/open -a /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app
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philc commented Nov 1, 2017

In high sierra, this is now:

open -a /System/Library/CoreServices/ScreenSaverEngine.app

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sshymko commented May 16, 2018

The relative shorter filename works as well:

open -a ScreenSaverEngine.app

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