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In Ubuntu, the shutdown command is used to turn off or reboot the system. Different parameters can be used to specify the way in which the shutdown or reboot should occur, such as:<\/p>\n

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  1. Shutdown the system immediately.<\/li>\n
  2. Restart the system immediately: Shutdown -r now<\/li>\n
  3. Shutdown the system in 5 minutes<\/li>\n
  4. Restart the system in 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    When using the shutdown command, you need to run it as a superuser or root user.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In Ubuntu, the shutdown command is used to turn off or reboot the system. Different parameters can be used to specify the way in which the shutdown or reboot should occur, such as: Shutdown the system immediately. 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