sunlite Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 does anybody know how to shutdown the system with the terminal. in terminal it always says "command not found" or "bad time format". do you know what i need to type in exactly? thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aprodigy Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 does anybody know how to shutdown the system with the terminal. in terminal it always says "command not found" or "bad time format". do you know what i need to type in exactly? thx for reboot: shutdown -r now reboot for halt: shutdown -h now poweroff halt see their man-pages (man ) for further information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
at004 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 hey there what if i would like it to turn off lets say after a certain period of time for example 3 hours what should i type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Baron Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 hey there what if i would like it to turn off lets say after a certain period of timefor example 3 hours what should i type shutdown -h +180 Remember you need to be root to shutdown. If you get stuck with Terminal commands, just type: man *command* i.e. man shutdown for a full explaination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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