halt

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## Name

halt, poweroff, reboot — Halt, power-off or reboot the machine

## Synopsis

`halt [OPTIONS...]`

`poweroff [OPTIONS...]`

`reboot [OPTIONS...]`

## Description

halt, poweroff, reboot may be used to halt, power-off or reboot the machine.

## Options

The following options are understood:

`--help`

  Prints a short help text and exits.

`--halt`

  Halt the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.

`-p`, `--poweroff`

  Power-off the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.

`--reboot`

  Reboot the machine, regardless of which one of the three commands is invoked.

`-f`, `--force`

  Force immediate halt, power-off, reboot. Don't contact the init system.

`-w`, `--wtmp-only`

  Only write wtmp shutdown entry, don't actually halt, power-off, reboot.

`-d`, `--no-wtmp`

  Don't write wtmp shutdown entry.

`--no-wall`

  Don't send wall message before halt, power-off, reboot.

## Exit status

On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

## Notes

These are legacy commands available for compatibility only.

## See Also

systemd(1), systemctl(1), shutdown(8), wall(1)