To shutdown linux from the command line, open an ssh connection to the server and by adding this function to roots’ .bashrc file
vim /root/.bashrc file
insert
quit ()
{
poweroff -d
}
save and quit the file. Now all you have to do is type
quit
from the command line and voila! server is shutting down.
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