reboot8
Halt, power-off or reboot the machine
Usage
reboot [OPTIONS]
halt [OPTIONS]
poweroff [OPTIONS]
shutdown [OPTIONS]
Overview
reboot, halt, poweroff, shutdown may be used to halt, power-off, or reboot the machine. All four commands take the same options.
Options
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-h, --help -
This help text
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-f, --force -
Force unsafe reboot now, do not contact the init system.
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--halt -
Halt system, regardless of how the command is called.
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-p, --poweroff -
Power-off system, regardless of how the command is called.
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--reboot -
Reboot system, regardless of how the command is called.
Releases
18 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 12 times.
--force since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--halt since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--help since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--poweroff since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--reboot since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-f since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-h since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-p since Debian 12 (Bookworm).
--no-sync until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--no-wall until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--no-wtmp until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--verbose until Debian 8 (Jessie);
--wtmp-only until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-d until Debian 9 (Stretch);
-i until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-n until Debian 9 (Stretch);
-r until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-w until Debian 11 (Bullseye).