Force shutdown mac via terminal

Question

I know I can shutdown a mac via terminal using

sudo shutdown -h now

But that is a graceful shutdown how can I force it to immediately die (I know this is bad practice)

ditto for rebooting

there doesn't appear to be an argument for --force or such.

Have a look at reboot -q. This isn't a graceful shutdown. See the manpages for reboot, halt and shutdown for more information. Why do you not want a graceful halt or reboot? — JRFerguson, Apr 19, 2022 at 22:21
man shutdown has (as any other man page) a SEE ALSO section which might be useful in these cases. — nohillside, Apr 20, 2022 at 20:58

MANICX100 · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-20 20:46:04Z

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the answer was

sudo halt -q

answered Apr 20, 2022 at 20:46

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