Shutdown

This is the best method sudo shutdown -h now This is an alternative (halt and shutdown are not the same thing so a halt command may not cause a complete power off shutdown, it depends on the system): sudo halt  

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.Command Line General

Good Resources The Linux Command Line – free pdf book Get previously entered commands Use the up and down cursor keys. Issuing multiple commands in a single line If subsequent commands should only occur if the previous command succeeded use "&&": sudo ifdown eth0 && sudo ifup eth0 If subsequent commands should occur regardless of […]

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Root user privileges

After logging in as user pi, using this command give you root user privileges: sudo su Exiting root user mode Use the exit command: exit or su username: su pi sudo In GUI If you are developing programs which use the IO pin from the GUI you do not have to use "sudo startx" to […]

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Soft Reset

For the Debian installation at the command prompt enter: sudo shutdown "now" -r You can also use: sudo reboot The full file path for this command (if you needed it for specific uses) is: sudo /sbin/reboot    

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Processes

Show processes ps -ef List processes ps ax List processes To kill a running program If you need to kill your program running in the background you can use this sudo killall my_project.a

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