poweroff

Power off the machine

high risk

interactive breakdown — edit the command and press Explain
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⚠ Risks & cautions
Safer / dry-run alternatives
shutdown -h +5 "message"Schedule with a warning
What it does

Equivalent to shutdown -P now. See the flags and examples below, and run `man poweroff` for the full reference.

Examples
systemctl poweroffPower off · explain & risk-check →
Related
shutdown reboot
Open the full explainer →More in System & Processes

Reference text is hand-written and may be incomplete — check man poweroff for your version. Test destructive commands on a non-production system first.