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<refentry id="shutdown">
<refentryinfo>
<title>shutdown</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>shutdown</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>shutdown</refname>
<refpurpose>Halt, power-off or reboot the machine</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>shutdown <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="opt">now</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">WALL</arg></command>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>shutdown</command> may be used to halt,
power-off or reboot the machine.</para>
<para>The first argument should be the string
<command>now</command> which however is ignored by
this implementation. Optionally, this may be followed
by a wall message to be sent to all logged-in users
before going down.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem><para>Prints a short help
text and exits.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-H</option></term>
<term><option>--halt</option></term>
<listitem><para>Halt the machine.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-P</option></term>
<term><option>--poweroff</option></term>
<listitem><para>Power-off the
machine (the default).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-r</option></term>
<term><option>--reboot</option></term>
<listitem><para>Reboot the
machine.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-h</option></term>
<listitem><para>Equivalent to
<option>--poweroff</option>, unless
<option>--halt</option> is
specified.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--k</option></term>
<listitem><para>Don't halt, power-off,
reboot, just write wall
message.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-wall</option></term>
<listitem><para>Don't send wall
message before
halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
<para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
code otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>This is a legacy command available for
compatibility only.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>halt</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>