How to reboot and shutdown Linux machine

Run command to reboot linux machine

You must login in system with root user or sudo privileges to run this command.

# reboot    (Reboot system gracefully)

or

# sudo reboot

or, 

# shutdown -r now

or,

# init 6    ( Reboot system forcefully)

Reboot system using systemctl

# systemctl reboot

Reboot system in specified time

# shutdown -r +5

Reboot system in linux in specified time and password the message to user

# shutdown -r +5 "Server is going down reboot in 5 minute. Kindly save your all changes."

Reboot system at specified time

# shutdown -r 4:00

Cancle shutdown executed job

# shutdown -c

Reboot linux machine remotly using ssh

ssh root@192.168.0.4 reboot

or,

ssh root@192.168.0.4 shutdown -r now

Shutdown linux machine

run command to shutdown machine

# shutdown -h now

or,

# poweroff

or,

# init 0

or,

# systemctl poweroff

Shutdown linux system in specified time

shutdown -h +10

Shutdown linux system at specified time

shutdown -h 4:00

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