How to shut down

[Jon Mercer]

'shutdown -p now' will switch off the computer if the PC supports APM or 
ACPI.

Charles Howse wrote:
>>I am a new user learning about Unix.
>>
>>I found the shutdown command and have been using "shutdown 
>>now" to shut down
>>before powering off.
>>
>>When the pc boots up it complains that it was incorrectly shut down.
>>
>>Am I following an incorrect procedure?
> 
> 
> 'shutdown now' will take you to single user mode.
> This is not what you want if you're ready to power off.
> Use 'shutdown -h now' and wait for the 'press any key to reboot' prompt
> before you power off.
> To reboot, use 'shutdown -r now'.
> 
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