How to turn off "wake on clamshell open" ?

Hi,
The hinge on my Mab Book Pro is a little warped or something and when I close the lid it won't stay asleep, it keeps re awaking every 30 seconds or so. So how do I turn this off? Can't find that settings page.
Thanks

1) copy "sudo pmset -a lidwake 0" (without the quotation marks) from this post
2) Start up Terminal (in your Utilities folder)
3) Paste "sudo pmset -a lidwake 0" (without the quotation marks) at the grey prompt mark and hit return
4) Enter your Mac account admin password if requested (it won't appear on screen as you type) and hit return
If you wish to make sure it has changed use "sudo pmset -g" in the same fashion. It should produce a result which will include the line that "lidwake 0"
That's it!
The new setting will stay in place until you deliberately change it back. To do this use "sudo pmset -a lidwake 1"
Cheers
Rod

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