NAME
halt, poweroff, reboot – Halt, power-off or reboot the machineSYNOPSIS
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halt [OPTIONS…]
- poweroff [OPTIONS…]
- reboot [OPTIONS…]
- poweroff [OPTIONS…]
DESCRIPTION
halt, poweroff, reboot
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
–help
- Print a short help text and exit.
–halt
- Halt the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.
-p, –poweroff
- Power-off the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.
–reboot
- Reboot the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.
-f, –force
- Force immediate halt, power-off, reboot. Do not contact the init system.
-w, –wtmp-only
- Only write wtmp shutdown entry, do not actually halt, power-off, reboot.
-d, –no-wtmp
- Do not write wtmp shutdown entry.
–no-wall
- Do not send wall message before halt, power-off, reboot.
EXIT STATUS
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
NOTES
These are legacy commands available for compatibility only.
Willie
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