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title: Bash shutdown
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Bash Command: shutdown

`shutdown` - typing the shutdown command will schedule your system to be shutdown at a given point in time.

Options:

+m  , will specify the minutes until shutdown.

-h  , will specify the hours until shutdown.

-r  , will trigger a restart of the system after shutting it down.

message , will display a message of your chosing prior to shutting it down.

Syntax:

shutdown -h +m message
