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Shutdown Ubuntu via terminal command

sudo shutdown -P now # completely shuts down and powers off machine (if hardware supports power off signal)

sudo shutdown now # shuts down, doesn't power off -- see http://askubuntu.com/a/73698/79523 for more details.

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