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.TH "POWEROFF" "8" "" "systemd 255" "poweroff"
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.SH "NAME"
poweroff, reboot, halt \- Power off, reboot, or halt the machine
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBpoweroff\fR\ 'u
\fBpoweroff\fR [OPTIONS...]
.HP \w'\fBreboot\fR\ 'u
\fBreboot\fR [OPTIONS...]
.HP \w'\fBhalt\fR\ 'u
\fBhalt\fR [OPTIONS...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBpoweroff\fR,
\fBreboot\fR, and
\fBhalt\fR
may be used to power off, reboot, or halt the machine\&. All three commands take the same options\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
The following options are understood:
.PP
\fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Print a short help text and exit\&.
.PP
Added in version 253\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-halt\fR
.RS 4
Halt the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked\&.
.sp
Added in version 253\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-poweroff\fR
.RS 4
Power off the machine, when either
\fBhalt\fR
or
\fBpoweroff\fR
is invoked\&. This option is ignored when
\fBreboot\fR
is invoked\&.
.sp
Added in version 253\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-reboot\fR
.RS 4
Reboot the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked\&.
.sp
Added in version 253\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
.RS 4
Force immediate power\-off, halt, or reboot\&. If specified, the command does not contact the init system\&. In most cases, filesystems are not properly unmounted before shutdown\&. For example, the command
\fBreboot \-f\fR
is mostly equivalent to
\fBsystemctl reboot \-ff\fR, instead of
\fBsystemctl reboot \-f\fR\&.
.sp
Added in version 253\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-wtmp\-only\fR
.RS 4
Only write wtmp shutdown entry, do not actually power off, reboot, or halt\&.
.sp
Added in version 253\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-no\-wtmp\fR
.RS 4
Do not write wtmp shutdown entry\&.
.sp
Added in version 253\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-sync\fR
.RS 4
Don\*(Aqt sync hard disks/storage media before power\-off, reboot, or halt\&.
.sp
Added in version 253\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-no\-wall\fR
.RS 4
Do not send wall message before power\-off, reboot, or halt\&.
.sp
Added in version 253\&.
.RE
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
.PP
On success, 0 is returned, a non\-zero failure code otherwise\&.
.SH "NOTES"
.PP
These commands are implemented in a way that preserves basic compatibility with the original SysV commands\&.
\fBsystemctl\fR(1)
verbs
\fBpoweroff\fR,
\fBreboot\fR,
\fBhalt\fR
provide the same functionality with some additional features\&.
.PP
Note that on many SysV systems
\fBhalt\fR
used to be synonymous to
\fBpoweroff\fR, i\&.e\&. both commands would equally result in powering the machine off\&. systemd is more accurate here, and
\fBhalt\fR
results in halting the machine only (leaving power on), and
\fBpoweroff\fR
is required to actually power it off\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBsystemd\fR(1),
\fBsystemctl\fR(1),
\fBshutdown\fR(8),
\fBwall\fR(1)
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