How Do I Shut Down Linux with a Command Line

**GUZZLR** · August 4th, 2013

Hello All,
What is a command line that I can shut down Linux/computer, with out having to get to the top right and shut down normally?
Thanks

**ibjsb4** · August 4th, 2013

Looks like the first link has the answer.

http://www.googlubuntu.com/results/?...ch&cof=FORID:9

**oldos2er** · August 4th, 2013

Code:

sudo shutdown -h now

Code:

man shutdown

for more info.

**GUZZLR** · August 7th, 2013

Thank you everybody...dont know why 13.04 just decides to hang-up on me and stop working, with no apparent reason

**wealthy2** · August 7th, 2013

Originally Posted by GUZZLR

Hello All,
What is a command line that I can shut down Linux/computer, with out having to get to the top right and shut down normally?
Thanks

Code:

init 0

And to reboot:

Code:

init 6

**kevdog** · August 7th, 2013

init 0 and init 6 (which have to be run with sudo) are a hold over for sysV init scripts correct? I believe they still work in Ubuntu, however I don't think they are going to work on other distro's that use Systemd like arch and Fedora or android for that matter. Yes I know this is probably more information than you wanted to know, however there are other methods out there -- here's a reference for a broad overview: https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorial...tro-to-systemd. Really what you need to know is that successor to system V init scripts are either upstart (which was written solely by Ubuntu developers) and systemd which was written by Leonard Poettering (Fedora). I don't remember the story, but there was a falling out between Poettering and the Ubuntu developers -- some say it was do to copyright policies that Ubuntu imposes on its developers when contributing to upstart, some say it involves other things as well. Poettering and others wrote systemd as an advancement "as he would call it" or alternative to upstart. Needless to say Ubuntu remains with upstart, whereas many other distributions have moved onto systemd. Ubuntu at the present time looks like it will never move to systemd, however who knows what the future will bring.