How to shutdown or reboot Solaris, Linux, AIX or HPUX
[Solaris] [Linux] [AIX] [HPUX] [Windows] [MacOS]
Solaris
Action | Command(s) |
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Shutdown | # shutdown -y -g0 # sync;sync;init 5 |
Poweroff | # shutdown -y -i5 -g0 # poweroff |
Reboot | # shutdown -y -i6 -g0 # sync;sync;init 6 # reboot |
shutdown command options:
- -y — Pre-answer the confirmation question so the command can be run without user intervention.
- -i <init-state> — init-state specifies the state init is to be in. By default, system state 's' is used.
- -g <grace-period> — Allow the super user to change the number of seconds from the 60-second default.
Linux
Action | Command(s) |
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Shutdown | # shutdown |
Cancel a shutdown | # shutdown -c |
Poweroff | # poweroff |
Reboot | # shutdown -r now # reboot |
shutdown options:
- By default the shutdown command will bring the OS to runlevel 1.
- now — perform shutdown immediately, default shutdown is 60s
AIX
Action | Command(s) |
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Shutdown | # shutdown # shutdown now # shutdown -F |
Reboot | # shutdown -r # shutdown -Fr # reboot |
shutdown options:
- Default shutdown is 60s
- -r — reboot - flush cache to disk.
- -F — forcefully.
HP-UX
Action | Command(s) |
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Shutdown | # shutdown -h -y now # shutdown -h -y 0 |
Reboot | # shutdown -r -y now # shutdown -r -y 0 |
shutdown options:
- 0 — 0 is grace period in seconds.
Microsoft Windows
Action | Command(s) |
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Shutdown | C:\> shutdown /s C:\> shutdown /s -t 60 |
Restart | C:\> shutdown /r C:\> shutdown /r -t 60 |
shutdown options:
- -t 60 — perform action in 60 seconds, default is immediately.
MacOS X
Action | Command(s) |
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Shutdown | # sudo shutdown -h # sudo shutdown -h now # sudo halt # osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to shut down' |
Reboot | # shutdown -r # shutdown -r now # osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to restart' |
shutdown options:
- now — perform action immediately, default is 60s.
- +30 — perform action in 30 minutes.