Scheduling a Shutdown in Linux, unlike Windows is a piece of cake.
This command will shutdown the machine the machine the instant the computer clock reaches 05:00 hours once.
This will schedule the shutdown just once.
super@super-PI945GCM:~$ date
Wed Jan 18 23:45:27 IST 2017
super@super-PI945GCM:~$ shutdown -h 05:00
Shutdown scheduled for Thu 2017-01-19 05:00:00 IST, use 'shutdown -c' to cancel.
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The Windows Way
- Create a bat file executing run/win32/shutdown.exe.
- Schedule this using Windows Schedule Manger
Linux Way
Linux offers you tons of ways, forget at command or even cron. You can achieve this in one single command.
shutdown -h 05:00
This command will shutdown the machine the machine the instant the computer clock reaches 05:00 hours once.
What happens if this time instant has passed already?
In case the this time instant occurs on the same day. It will scheduled for the same day. Else this will be scheduled for the next day.This will schedule the shutdown just once.
Terminal Output
super@super-PI945GCM:~$ date
Wed Jan 18 23:45:27 IST 2017
super@super-PI945GCM:~$ shutdown -h 05:00
Shutdown scheduled for Thu 2017-01-19 05:00:00 IST, use 'shutdown -c' to cancel.
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