Boot Reboot And Shut Down A System Normally

General Information

Different methods to reboot and shutdown systems are available to accomplish the same task.

Reboot system - any of these

reboot
systemctl reboot
shutdown -r +5 "System going down for a reboot"

• The above shutdown command broadcasts the message using the “wall” command
• The “+5” means it will reboot in 5 mins

Poweroff system - any of these

poweroff
systemctl poweroff
shutdown -P +10 "System is going down and will be powered off for maintenance"

Cancel a shutdown command

shutdown -c