HOW TO SHUTDOWN AND REBOOT IN LINUX

The simple syntax or format for doing this is;

SHUTDOWN…

# shutdown

#shutdown <options> TIME [message]

OPTIONS:

p – power off
h – halt (a sort of “sleep” or ”hibernate”)
r – reboot
c – cancel shutdown (after initiating a shutdown within a specified time, use this option to cancel it)

To put the system off in 5 minutes time the command can be used this way;

# shutdown 5 “system is going down for the installation of new updates”

REBOOTING…

#reboot

Happy Linux’NG!

Chief Editor/Founder at FossNaija

A Linux enthusiast with a focus on enriching the Nigeria Linux experience and keeping a keen eye on Ubuntu and other Foss related developments.