Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Am 03/10/2023 um 10:43 schrieb Bret Busby: > > Also, why do you not use, instead of the command that you specified, > > shutdown -h > > or, (if instead, wanted, for example, after doing a kernel update) > > shutdown -r > > ? > > Because all of these are just an alias to systemctl poweroff as per > systemctl man page.
But shutdown -h or halt or reboot is less to type, so your explanation explains the effect but not the reason for using the longer version.