Some Commands to shutdown and restart Linux OS

August 5, 2008 at 1:14 pm · Filed under Linux, Networking ·Tagged how to shutdown linux, howto restart linux, init 0, init 6, restart linux, shutdown linux

To shutdown we can use any of the following commands.

#init 0

#poweroff

#shutdown -h now

#shutdown -h 0

#shutdown -h 10 (will shutdown after 10 minutes)

#halt -p

To restart we can use any of the following commands:

#init 6

#reboot

#shutdown -h now

Ctrl+Alt+Delete (3 finger salute)

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