How to Reboot Linux System with Command Line

Reboot Linux System with Command Line

Whenever you install updates or do certain network tasks, a time comes when you need to Reboot or halt or shut down the system. There are a variety of utilities comes with every Linux system which allows rebooting the system. In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to reboot Linux System with Command-Line.

1. Reboot Linux System

Follow the below instructions to restart the Linux system:

1. Log in to your Linux system with a sudo account.

2. Now type the following command in the terminal and hit Enter:

sudo reboot

or you can also execute the following command:

sudo shutdown -r now

Here executing the above command successfully, your system will start rebooting automatically.

2. Reboot Linux at Specific Time or Schedule Restart

You can schedule a restart or reboot the Linux system at a specific time by using shutdown command with -r flag.

The Basic syntax to schedule a restart is given below:

sudo shutdown –r [TIME_TO_RESTART] [MESSAGE_TO_BROADCAST]

To restart the system at 4:00 am you can run the following command:

sudo shutdown –r 04:00

The output should be:

Similarly to shutdown system at 1:00 pm, you can run below command:

sudo shutdown -r 13:00

You can also broadcast a message when restarting the system:

sudo shutdown -r 13:00 "restarting the system with message"

3. Reboot Linux after Specific Time

You can also reboot the system after some time from the current time. Let’s see some examples:

To reboot the system after 10 minutes you can run the following command:

sudo shutdown -r +10

The output should be:

Similarly to reboot the system after 30 minutes you can run the following command:

sudo shutdown -r +30

4. Cancel the Reboot

After setting reboot you can also cancel it. To cancel the reboot of Linux system you should use -c flag with shutdown command:

sudo shutdown -c

You can also broadcast a message when canceling restart:

sudo shutdown -r 13:00 "canceling restart the system with message"

5. Restart the system with root user

When you are logged in as a root user you can restart the system with the following command:

# /sbin/reboot

or You can restart the system with /sbin/shutdown command:

# /sbin/shutdown -r now

6. Reboot Linux Remotely

You can reboot Linux system remotely using /sbin/reboot or /sbin/shutdown commands.

To reboot the system you can run the following command:

ssh [email protected]_SERVER_ADDRESS.com /sbin/reboot

or

ssh [email protected]_SERVER_ADDRESS.com /sbin/shutdown -r now

Conclusion

You have successfully learned how to Reboot Linux System with command line. If you have any queries regarding this then please don’t forget to comment below.