Shut down or Reboot from terminal
For Ubuntu 14.10 or earlier:
For Ubuntu 14.10 or earlier:
Shutdown:
/usr/bin/dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit" /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Manager org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.Stop Restart:
/usr/bin/dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit" /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Manager org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.Restart Other commands you may like:
Suspend:
/usr/bin/dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.UPower" /org/freedesktop/UPower org.freedesktop.UPower.Suspend Hibernate: (if enabled on your system)
/usr/bin/dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.UPower" /org/freedesktop/UPower org.freedesktop.UPower.Hibernate Open your terminal with CTRL+ALT+T and do these following commands
To shutdown the system:
sudo shutdown -h now To restart:
sudo reboot & one more command for restart:
sudo shutdown -r now Another way as one of the user mentioned.
For shutdown:
sudo halt or:
sudo init 0 For restart:
sudo init 6 For Ubuntu 15.04 and later:
For Ubuntu 15.04 and later:
(This is due to Ubuntu's shift in using systemd instead of Upstart)
systemctl poweroff systemctl reboot systemctl suspend systemctl hibernate systemctl hybrid-sleep Since hibernate is normally disabled by default in Ubuntu systems, you can enable this by checking this answer: http://askubuntu.com/a/617254/101985