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systemctl-halt

Shut down and halt the system (stop the OS kernel but keep hardware powered on). See also: halt. More information: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemctl.html#halt.

• Halt the system:

systemctl halt

• Halt the system immediately without asking services to stop gracefully:

systemctl halt {{[-f|--force]}}

• Halt the system immediately without sending notifications to logged-in users:

systemctl halt {{[-f|--force]}} --no-wall

• Halt the system immediately without terminating any processes or unmounting filesystems (dangerous, may cause data loss):

systemctl halt {{[-ff|--force --force]}}

• Schedule a halt at a specific time (e.g., 23:00):

systemctl halt --when 23:00

• Schedule a halt after a certain duration (e.g., 2 hours):

systemctl halt --when +2h

• Cancel a scheduled halt:

systemctl halt --when cancel