Answer by cas for Is halt the same as "shutdown -H" and poweroff the same as...
They're not the same thing, just very closely related. In practice, unless you want to specify a particular time to shutdown or to force an immediate unclean reboot/halt/poweroff, it really doesn't...
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It's a bit historical. halt was used before ACPI (which today will turn off the power for you)*. It would halt the system and then print a message to the effect of "it's ok to power off now". Back then...
View ArticleIs halt the same as "shutdown -H" and poweroff the same as "shutdown -P"?
I haven't found a clear answer to the differences between the two options to the command shutdown. Is halt the same as shutdown -H and poweroff the same as shutdown -P?
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