The shutdown command¶

The shutdown command lets you bring your system down in a secure way. When shutdown is executed the system will notify all logged-in users and disallow further logins. You have the option to shut down your system immediately or after a specific time.

Only users with root (or sudo) privileges can use the shutdown command.

Examples:¶

1. Shut down your system immediately:

sudo shutdown now

1. Shut down your system after 10 minutes:

sudo shutdown +10

1. Shut down your system with a message after 5 minutes:

sudo shutdown +5 "System will shutdown in 5 minutes"

Syntax:¶

shutdown [OPTIONS] [TIME] [MESSAGE]

Additional Flags and their Functionalities:¶