Shutting Down the System
Use the shutdown command to shut down your system. The shutdown command has a number of different command-line options (such as shutting down at a predetermined time), but the fastest way to cleanly shut down Linux is to use the -h or halt option, followed by the word now or the numeral zero (0), like this:
matthew@seymour:~$ sudo shutdown -h now
or
matthew@seymour:~$ sudo shutdown -h 0
To incorporate a timed shutdown and a pertinent message to all active users, use shutdown’s time and message options, as follows:
matthew@seymour:~$ sudo shutdown -h 18:30 "System is going down for maintenance thisevening at 6:30 p.m. Please make ...
Get Ubuntu Unleashed 2014 Edition: Covering 13.10 and 14.04,Ninth Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
