---
name: "reboot"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "finit-sysv"
version: "4.12-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd", "openbsd", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/reboot"
---

# reboot(8)

Halt, power-off or reboot the machine

## NAME

reboot, halt, poweroff, shutdown - Halt, power-off or reboot the machine

## SYNOPSIS

**reboot** \[*OPTIONS*\]

**halt** \[*OPTIONS*\]

**poweroff** \[*OPTIONS*\]

**shutdown** \[*OPTIONS*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**reboot, halt, poweroff, shutdown** may be used to halt, power-off, or reboot the machine. All four commands take the same options.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  This help text

- **-f, --force**

  Force unsafe reboot now, do not contact the init system.

- **--halt**

  Halt system, regardless of how the command is called.

- **-p, --poweroff**

  Power-off system, regardless of how the command is called.

- **--reboot**

  Reboot system, regardless of how the command is called.

## AUTHOR

**reboot** is written by Claudio Matsuoka ⟨cmatsuoka@\\:gmail.com⟩ and Joachim Nilsson ⟨troglobit@\\:gmail.com⟩.

This manual page was written by Yangfl ⟨mmyangfl@\\:gmail.com⟩ for the Debian Project (and may be used by others).