This small tutorial focuses on the method of shutting down or rebooting a Debian 10 server or desktop using the terminal.
Using shutdown command
Open the terminal and execute the following command to shut down the machine,
shutdown --poweroff
This will shut down the machine. If you want to cancel, you have to use the -c switch along with shutdown command.
Similarly, when you have to reboot, execute the below command. If you want to cancel your action, use –reboot option.
shutdown --reboot
Using systemctl command
An alternative to the shutdown command is to use the systemd systemctl command.
Debian 10 power off using systemctl:
systemctl poweroff
Debian 10 reboot using systemctl:
systemctl reboot