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poweroff

Power off the system. More information: https://www.manned.org/poweroff.

  • Power off the system:

poweroff

  • Halt the system (same as halt):

poweroff --halt

  • Reboot the system (same as reboot):

poweroff --reboot

  • Shut down immediately without contacting the system manager:

poweroff --force

  • Write the wtmp shutdown entry without shutting down the system:

poweroff --wtmp-only