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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Shutdown - 25 Years Later
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:14:13 -0400
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vallor wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:09:37 -0400, jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid>
> wrote in <8734e8nfku.fsf@atr2.ath.cx>:
>
>> It's probably the most used command for operating system shutdown.
>> 
>> Linux: shutdown (flags such as -h)
>> OpenVMS: shutdown FreeDOS: shutdown Solaris 9: shutdown (flags such as
>> -y -g 30)
>> Windows 10: shutdown (flags such as /p)
>> Minix3: shutdown (can't remember the flags right now)
>> TOPS20: ^Ecease now (then confirm)
>> ITS: :lock  (then 5down, confirm)
>
> I usually use the -f flag with -r or -h:
>
> # shutdown -hf now now now
>
> <snip>

POWEROFF(8)           poweroff           POWEROFF(8)
NAME
       poweroff, reboot, halt - Power off, reboot, or halt the machine
SYNOPSIS
       poweroff [OPTIONS...]
       reboot [OPTIONS...]
       halt [OPTIONS...]

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