Terminate all processes and reboot the system (you must log in as
root ).
reboot [options]
-n reboots the system without flushing out in-memory buffers to disk.
-f forces a halt without calling the
/sbin/shutdown command.
-i shuts down all network interfaces before rebooting the system.
The
reboot command lets the super user (
root ) terminate all processes and reboot the system. The
reboot command invokes
/sbin/shutdown with the
-r option.