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How can init command be useful for me?

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I was reading about the init command.

I found that init 0 is the same like poweroff and init 6 is the same like reboot.

Why are there more than one command to do the exactly same thing in the same way (as I understood)?

Second, init 1 puts the system in single user mode. Does that mean it has no effect on my machine while I'm the only user? Or that mode has constraints?

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answered 3 Years ago skaing · Accepted Answer

Always good to have more than only one option to do things.

init 1 means

Single-user mode, all files-systems unmounted but not root, all processes

except console processes killed

This is mostly used for administrative tasks, I guess it is not what you want, no GUI, only console.