{"id":3483,"date":"2018-04-13T17:15:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T14:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.systemcodegeeks.com\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2018-04-13T11:28:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T08:28:58","slug":"linux-shutdown-command-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemcodegeeks.com\/linux\/linux-shutdown-command-example\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Shutdown Command Example"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello readers, in this tutorial, we will learn <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how to shut down a Linux system<\/span> using the <code>shutdown<\/code> command.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>The <code>shutdown<\/code> command in the Linux system <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">powers down the system in a safe and secure manner<\/span>. During the system power down process, all logged-in users are notified about the system shutdown and the login operations are blocked. This command is commonly used to power down or reboots the local or the remote machines and does its job by signaling the <code>init<\/code> process. The <code>init<\/code> process changes the <code>runlevel<\/code> (i.e. the state) of the operating system where:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>Runlevel 0<\/code> halts the Linux system<\/li>\n<li><code>Runlevel 6<\/code> reboots the Linux system<\/li>\n<li><code>Runlevel 1<\/code> only allows the administrative tasks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[ulp id=&#8217;SG9vnnKgRCD7iZxf&#8217;]<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe <code>shutdown<\/code> command has the following prototype form:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Basic syntax<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash; wrap-lines:false;\"># shutdown [OPTION] [TIME] [MESSAGE]\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Where:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <code>OPTION<\/code> parameter specifies the different set of options for the <code>shutdown<\/code> command<\/li>\n<li>The <code>TIME<\/code> parameter specifies the time in minutes or hours to perform the shutdown operation. This parameter can be formatted in three ways i.e.:\n<ul>\n<li>Absolute time in the <code>hh:mm<\/code> format<\/li>\n<li>Minutes format where <code>+m<\/code> denotes the number of minutes to wait before the final shutdown<\/li>\n<li>The word <code>now<\/code> immediately shut down the system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <code>MESSAGE<\/code> parameter specifies an alert message for the users<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>1.1 Shut down Options<\/h3>\n<p>The below table lists the different <em>options<\/em> that can be used with the <code>shutdown<\/code> command:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Options<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Description<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><code>-a<\/code><\/td>\n<td>This option <em>controls<\/em> the access to the <code>shutdown<\/code> command by preventing the system power down if an authorized user is logged-in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><code>-k<\/code><\/td>\n<td>This option sends the reel <em>warning<\/em> messages for the system shutdown and disable the logins, but does <em>not<\/em> actually power down the system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><code>-r<\/code><\/td>\n<td>This option will reboot the Linux system after the shutdown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><code>-h<\/code><\/td>\n<td>This option instructs the system to perform a shutdown and then halt the Linux system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><code>-P<\/code><\/td>\n<td>This option instructs the system to perform a shutdown and then power down the Linux system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><code>-c<\/code><\/td>\n<td>This option <em>cancels<\/em> a pending shutdown but it doesn&#8217;t apply to the <code>shutdown \u2013h now<\/code> command<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>2. Practical usage<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s understand the implementation and the usage of this command with the help of the sample snippets.<\/p>\n<h4>2.2.1 Start Linux<\/h4>\n<p>Start a standalone Linux instance as shown below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3484\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.systemcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/linux-project-shutdown_guide-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3484 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.systemcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/linux-project-shutdown_guide-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fig. 1: Start Linux instance\" width=\"717\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.systemcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/linux-project-shutdown_guide-1.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.systemcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/linux-project-shutdown_guide-1-300x39.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 1: Start Linux instance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>2.2.2 Instant Shut down<\/h4>\n<p>Developers can <em>immediately<\/em> power down the Linux machine by using the <code>now<\/code> option in-conjugation with the <code>shutdown<\/code> command. This command will notify the logged-in users and immediately powers down the Linux system. The following Linux snippet can be used.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Query 1<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash;wrap-lines:false;\"># shutdown -h now\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The command gives the below output.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash;wrap-lines:false;\">Broadcast message from avengers@thanos-laptop\r\n\t(\/dev\/pts\/1) at 10:30 ...\r\n\r\nThe system is going down for halt NOW!\r\n<\/pre>\n<h4>2.2.3 Shut down machine with the User-defined Message<\/h4>\n<p>Developers can <em>immediately<\/em> power down the machine by displaying a custom message. This message will be appended to the broadcast message and the following Linux snippet can be used.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Query 2<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash;wrap-lines:false;\"># shutdown -h now 'You can\u2019t escape\u2026 System shutdown still arrives! Smile\u2026.'\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The command gives the below output.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash;wrap-lines:false;\">Broadcast message from avengers@thanos-laptop\r\n\t(\/dev\/pts\/1) at 10:35 ...\r\n\r\nThe system is going down for halt NOW! You can\u2019t escape\u2026 System shutdown still arrives! Smile\u2026.\r\n<\/pre>\n<h4>2.2.4 Scheduling the shutdown<\/h4>\n<p>Developers can also <em>schedule<\/em> the system power down by specifying the time parameter. Let\u2019s say administrator want to give the logged-in users &#8216;<em>20 mins<\/em>&#8216; before the system goes for the shutdown. The following Linux snippet can be used.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Query 3<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash;wrap-lines:false;\"># shutdown -h +20\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The command gives the below output.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash;wrap-lines:false;\">Broadcast message from avengers@thanos-laptop\r\n\t(\/dev\/pts\/3) at 10:40 ...\r\n\r\nThe system is going down for a halt in 20 minutes!\r\n<\/pre>\n<h4>2.2.5 Schedule the system reboot<\/h4>\n<p>The Linux <code>shutdown<\/code> command can also be used to <em>reboot<\/em> the system with the <code>-r<\/code> option. The Query 4 snippet specifies a system reboot at a given time.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Query 4<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash;wrap-lines:false;\"># shutdown -r 13:40 'System reboot at 13:40 PM. Please save your work \u2026.!'\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The command gives the below output.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash;wrap-lines:false;\">Broadcast message from avengers@thanos-laptop\r\n\t(\/dev\/pts\/3) at 10:45 ...\r\n\r\nThe system is going down for a reboot in 180 minutes! System reboot at 13:40 PM. Please save your work \u2026.!\r\n<\/pre>\n<h4>2.2.6 Cancelling the shutdown<\/h4>\n<p>Developers can <em>cancel<\/em> the scheduled shut down by using the <code>-c<\/code> option in-conjugation with the <code>shutdown<\/code> command. The following Linux snippet can be used.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Query 5<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash;wrap-lines:false;\"># shutdown -c\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The command gives the below output.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash;wrap-lines:false;\">Broadcast message from avengers@thanos-laptop\r\n\t(\/dev\/pts\/3) at 10:55 ...\r\n\r\nshutdown: Shutdown canceled\r\n<\/pre>\n<h4>2.2.7 Shutdown Logs<\/h4>\n<p>Consider a scenario where developers want to display the log details of <em>all<\/em> shutdown since the log file was created in the Linux system. The following Linux snippet can be used.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Query 6<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash;wrap-lines:false;\"># last -x shutdown\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The command gives the below output.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash;wrap-lines:false;\">shutdown system down  2.6.32-131.12.1. Sun Jan  1 15:35 - 15:37  (00:02)\r\nshutdown system down  2.6.32-131.12.1. Sun Mar 28 17:53 - 18:00  (00:06)\r\nshutdown system down  2.6.32-131.12.1. Sat Apr 27 15:21 - 15:23  (00:02)\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Here developers must be thinking the difference between <em>halt<\/em> and <em>power off<\/em>. <strong>Halt<\/strong> only shut down the operating system while in <strong>Power off<\/strong>, the operating system instructs the power interface to send a signal to the power unit to completely switch off the system. That\u2019s all for this post. Happy Learning!!<\/p>\n<h2>3. Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>In this tutorial, developers learned how to shut down the system in a secure manner. We can power down the machine instantly or schedule it using the 24-hour format. Do <em>remember<\/em>, the user with the <code>root<\/code> access can <em>only<\/em> execute the shutdown command. For more help on the shut down command in Linux, developers can use the below command:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:bash;wrap-lines:false;\">shutdown --help<\/pre>\n<p>You can download the sample commands in the <a href=\"#projectDownload\">Downloads<\/a> section.<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"projectDownload\"><\/a>4. Download the Eclipse Project<\/h2>\n<p>This was a tutorial of <code>shutdown<\/code> commands in Linux.<\/p>\n<div class=\"download\"><strong>Download<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can download the full source code of this example here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.systemcodegeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Commands-1.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Linux_Shutdown_Cmds<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello readers, in this tutorial, we will learn how to shut down a Linux system using the shutdown command. 1. Introduction The shutdown command in the Linux system powers down the system in a safe and secure manner. 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