Automate a command

I have a command that I run in terminal every time I reboot/start my iMac.
I need to run "sudo pmset halfdim 0". Apple Support has been unable to figure this out why this setting isn't remembered after rebooting/starting. The last thing they ask me to do was to re-install the operating system which I do not want to do at this time.
If possible I would like to automate this task but I'm new to the Mac platform and am not sure how or if I can do this.
If this is possible, can one of you point me in the right direction?
Thank you.

rongreen
Welcome to discussions. In the GUI world, energy saving configurations are saved in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist. Trashing it and restarting may help.

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