HALT
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NAME
halt, poweroff, reboot - Halt, power-off or reboot the machine
SYNOPSIS
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halt [OPTIONS...]
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poweroff [OPTIONS...]
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reboot [OPTIONS...]
DESCRIPTION
halt,
poweroff,
reboot
may be used to halt, power-off or reboot the machine.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
--help
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Print a short help text and exit.
--halt
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Halt the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.
-p, --poweroff
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Power-off the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.
--reboot
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Reboot the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.
-f, --force
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Force immediate halt, power-off, reboot. Do not contact the init system.
-w, --wtmp-only
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Only write wtmp shutdown entry, do not actually halt, power-off, reboot.
-d, --no-wtmp
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Do not write wtmp shutdown entry.
--no-wall
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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.
SEE ALSO
systemd(1),
systemctl(1),
shutdown(8),
wall(1)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- EXIT STATUS
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- NOTES
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- SEE ALSO
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