Re: How can I get verbose shutdown from the GUI (Mate)?

[debian-user@howorth.org.uk]

Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Am 03/10/2023 um 10:43 schrieb Bret Busby:
> > Also, why do you not use, instead of the command that you specified,
> > shutdown -h
> > or, (if instead, wanted, for example, after doing a kernel update)
> > shutdown -r
> > ?  
> 
> Because all of these are just an alias to systemctl poweroff as per 
> systemctl man page.

But shutdown -h or halt or reboot is less to type, so your explanation
explains the effect but not the reason for using the longer version.