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42 lines
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title: Bash shutdown
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## Bash Command: shutdown
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Typing the shutdown command will schedule your system to be shutdown at a given point in time.
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### Usage
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```bash
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shutdown [options] [when] [message]
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```
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#### Options
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* `-h`, shutdown then halt the system
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* `-r`, will trigger a restart of the system after shutting it down
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* `-c`, cancel a planned shutdown
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* `-P`, shutdown then power down
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* `-k`, do not shutdown, but send the message as if you were
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#### When
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* `now`, triggers an immediate shutdown (still displays any message specified)
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* `hh:mm`, shutdown initiates at the specified hour(`hh`) and minute(`mm`)
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* `+m`, wait `m` minutes before inititiating shutdown
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#### Message
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* Adding a message to the end of the command will display a message of your chosing prior to shutting it down.
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#### More information:
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* SS64: https://ss64.com/bash/shutdown.html
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