Shutdown or restart Linux
Syntax
shutdown [options] when [message]
Options
-c Cancel a shutdown that is in progress.
-f Reboot fast, by suppressing the normal call to fsck
when rebooting.
-h Halt the system when shutdown is complete.
-k Print the warning message, but suppress actual shutdown.
-n Perform shutdown without a call to init.
-r Reboot the system when shutdown is complete.
-t sec
Ensure a sec-second delay between killing processes
and changing the runlevel.
when The time to execute the shutdown. This accepts several formats:
'now' will bring the system down immediately.
+m, where m is the number of minutes to wait until shutting down,
hh:mm which specifies the time on the 24hr clock.
Shutdown immediately:
$ shutdown -h now
Reboot immediately:
$ shutdown -r now
Shutdown at 8 pm:
$ shutdown -h 20:00
Shutdown in 10 minutes:
$ shutdown -h +10
“The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer” ~ Henry Kissinger
logout - Exit a login shell.
Equivalent Windows command:
SHUTDOWN