Shutdown command?

MikeZila · 07-10-2004, 06:10 PM

I know this is a dumb problem to have, but I don't know the command to shutdown a Linux box from the console. I always just hit Crl+Alt+Del, waited for it to reboot to the boot loader, and then hit the power switch. I realized that I didn't know the command when my buddy was sitting at my computer and asked me how to turn it off. It was a little embarassing to have to say "I don't know."

Please advise.

DropSig · 07-10-2004, 06:28 PM

the command is "shutdown". Do man shutdown for detail

Peacedog · 07-10-2004, 06:29 PM

shutdown -h now

that should do the trick.

<edit>i'm always finishing the race last. guess it's ok, as long as i finish.

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p-static · 07-10-2004, 09:25 PM

Don't be embarrassed, i've heard at one point that Linus Torvalds himself once asked the same question.

MikeZila · 07-10-2004, 09:53 PM

Really? Wow. Sort of like Henry Ford asking "So. How do we start this auto-mo-bile?"

Thanks.

praveen_b744 · 07-27-2008, 12:44 AM

init 0 -> for shutdown
init 6 -> for restart

colorpurple21859 · 07-27-2008, 04:33 PM

if shutdown don't work try halt -p or halt -P, can't remember which. it worked on my slack12.0 installation

john test · 07-27-2008, 05:09 PM

I like "shutdown -r now" for the reboot function