
Scheduling a Shutdown or Reboot on Linux servers
Use the following commands to shutdown and reboot Linux form a terminal.
Shutdown a Linux server
shutdown -h now
Reboot a Linux server
shutdown -r now
Schedule a Reboot
For Reboot:
echo "/sbin/shutdown -r now" |at 04:00 tomorrow
For Shutdown:
echo "/sbin/shutdown -h now" |at 04:00 tomorrow
Schedule Examples
at 21:00 today at 21:00 tomorrow at 21:00 tuesday at 21:00 July 11 (Month Day)
To check the schedule run
atq