Shutdown, reboot not working

Question

I often SSH into my Raspberry Pi, which is connected to my network via a wired connection. The last time I tried to reboot it, though, it failed:

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ shutdown now -bash: /sbin/shutdown: cannot execute binary file
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo shutdown now /sbin/shutdown: 1: /sbin shutdown: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

I am currently running Raspbian.

Could the files be corrupted? How can I now safely restart it? Will I just have to power cycle it? Last time I did so, I had to reinstall the OS to get it to start up.

did you try this command sudo shutdown -h now to shutdown and sudo shutdown -r 0 to reboot? — askmish, Jul 29 '14 at 12:21

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 11 '16 at 07:45

4

The correct syntax to power off are:

sudo shutdown -h now

sudo halt

And for reboot:

sudo shutdown -r now

sudo reboot

Be sure you use either sudo or logged as root himself.

edited Oct 11 '16 at 07:45

Ghanima

15,855
15
61
119

answered Jul 30 '14 at 17:27

Willian Paixao

352
4
15

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 29 '14 at 06:53

3

I think the files are corrupted. Just reinstall Raspbian. (You can backup your files before doing that, if you rpi is still running)

answered Jul 29 '14 at 06:53

Hannes Karppila

161
7

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 29 '14 at 19:45

1

You could try the:

sudo reboot

or

sudo poweroff

Commands

answered Jul 29 '14 at 19:45

Hudson Hallenbeck

21
2

1

They don't work either – PitaJ Jul 29 '14 at 22:27

Shutdown, reboot not working

3 Answers3

Linked