poweroff vs. halt

[Drew Lane]

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>Personally, I prefer "halt" instead of poweroff.  Fewer keystrokes
>for one :-).  Sounds more authoratative, as well (okay, so maybe
>it's because I live in a German-speaking country).
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On my machine "halt" leaves the computer power on after unmounting, etc.,

So, "poweroff" is better if I want to turn everything off.

I think there is an argument to halt ("halt -p" ?) that does
the same thing as poweroff, however.

Drew