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halt

Halt the system. More information: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/halt.8.html.
  • Halt the system:
    halt
  • Power off the system (same as poweroff):
    halt --poweroff
  • Reboot the system (same as reboot):
    halt --reboot
  • Halt immediately without contacting the system manager:
    halt --force --force
  • Write the wtmp shutdown entry without halting the system:
    halt --wtmp-only

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