Ubuntu Unleashed 2013 Edition: Covering 12.10 and 13.04, Eighth Edition

Shutting Down

At some point, you are going to want to shut down your computer. As with most things in Linux, there are different ways to do it. You can use the power icon located in the upper-right corner of your screen and its drop-down menu, as in Figure 1.7. From there you select Switch Off.

Figure 1.7. You have several options in the power icon menu.

If you are working at the command line, you can immediately shut down your system by using the shutdown command like this:

matthew@seymour:~$ sudo shutdown -h now

You can also use the shutdown command to restart your computer, as follows:

matthew@seymour:~$ sudo shutdown -r now

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