HALT(8)

NAME
halt - tell Shepherd to stop services and turn off system

DESCRIPTION
halt [OPTIONS...] Halt or power off the system.

-s, --socket=FILE
    send commands to FILE

--help
    display this help and exit

--usage
    display short usage message and exit

--version
    display version information and exit

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional to the corresponding short options.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: https://codeberg.org/shepherd/shepherd/issues .
GNU Shepherd general home page: <https://shepherding.services>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2025 the Shepherd authors License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
shepherd(1), herd(1), reboot(8)

The full documentation for halt is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and halt programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info shepherd

should give you access to the complete manual.