Startup/Shutdown Commands
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This is a list of startup/shutdown-related commands:
- dmesg - display bootup messages.
- halt - halt the system. (not recommened - use shutdown -h now instead)
- init - set runlevel, or define processes that are begun on a specific runlevel.
- reboot - reboot the system.
- runlevel - show the current system runlevel.
- shutdown - shutdown the system.
- swapoff - disable the paging hardware.
- swapon - enable the paging hardware.
- sync - write buffered memory out to disk.
- telinit - move the system to a new runlevel.