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reboot

`reboot` is a command line tool that can be used to restart a computer or server. It will close all currently running applications and processes and then restart the operating system.

Restart computer (-i)

Shutdown computer immediately (-p)

Force restart computer, ignore all running programs (-f)

Restart computer, but don't log login and logout information (-n)

Restart computer, but don't log login and logout information (-w)

Examples

reboot: Restart computer.
reboot -h now: Shutdown computer immediately.
reboot -h +5: Shutdown computer in 5 minutes.
reboot --reboot: Restart computer.
reboot --force: Force restart computer, ignore all running programs.
reboot --no-wtmp: Restart computer, but don't log login and logout information.