1HALT(8)                              halt                              HALT(8)
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NAME

6       halt, poweroff, reboot - Halt, power-off or reboot the machine
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SYNOPSIS

9       halt [OPTIONS...]
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11       poweroff [OPTIONS...]
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DESCRIPTION

16       halt, poweroff, reboot may be used to halt, power-off or reboot the
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OPTIONS

20       The following options are understood:
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22       --help
23           Print a short help text and exit.
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25       --halt
26           Halt the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is
27           invoked.
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29       -p, --poweroff
30           Power-off the machine, regardless of which one of the three
31           commands is invoked.
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33       --reboot
34           Reboot the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands
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37       -f, --force
38           Force immediate halt, power-off, or reboot. When specified once,
39           this results in an immediate but clean shutdown by the system
40           manager. When specified twice, this results in an immediate
41           shutdown without contacting the system manager. See the description
42           of --force in systemctl(1) for more details.
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44       -w, --wtmp-only
45           Only write wtmp shutdown entry, do not actually halt, power-off,
46           reboot.
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48       -d, --no-wtmp
49           Do not write wtmp shutdown entry.
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51       --no-wall
52           Do not send wall message before halt, power-off, reboot.
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EXIT STATUS

55       On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
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NOTES

58       These are legacy commands available for compatibility only.
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SEE ALSO

61       systemd(1), systemctl(1), shutdown(8), wall(1)
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65systemd 219                                                            HALT(8)
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