WWCTL(1)

📦 version 4.7.1, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 WWCTL-POWER-SOFT 💅

ok so you're in the wwctl(1) manual, bestie — welcome to the power family fr fr 🫶 this page is all about the soft subcommand, and it's lowkey the chill one.

✨ NAME ✨

wwctl-power-soft — gracefully shuts down the given node(s) 🎀

like, gracefully. we're not yanking the plug here. this is the polite goodbye.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

wwctl power soft [OPTIONS] [PATTERN ...]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the vibe: this command uses the operating system to shut down the set of nodes you point at with PATTERN. no cap, that's the whole job. ✨

and what even is a node pattern? it's a comma-separated list of individual patterns, periodt. each pattern can be either:

  • a full node name, or
  • a node range like node[01-03,05] 👑

so you can literally just be like "these ones, thanks" and it handles it. iykyk 💅

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • --fanout=50 — how many command should be executed in parallel. yes that's the original wording and yes we're keeping it. default is 50, so it's out here running fifty things at once unless you tell it otherwise. highkey iconic 🔥
  • -h, --help[=false] — help for soft. the classic. when in doubt, ask for help 🫶
  • -s, --show[=false] — only show command which will be executed. it's the look don't touch mode — you see what's coming, nothing actually happens. perfect for a vibe check before you commit 🙈

🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these are the ones you get for free from the parent commands, no extra charge ✨

  • -d, --debug[=false] — Run with debugging messages enabled. when you need to know everything that's going on 🕵️‍♀️
  • -v, --verbose[=false] — Run with increased verbosity. more words, more info, more to read 💬
  • --warewulfconf="" — Set the warewulf configuration file. default is the empty string "", so you're pointing it at a file yourself if you want a specific one 🎀

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

  • wwctl-power(1) — the parent, the main character, the one who started it all 👑

💀 HISTORY 💀

  • 16-Sep-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra

ok that's the whole page, bestie, you're officially caught up 🧚💜

ngl this one's short and sweet — the only thing to be careful about is that this command actually shuts nodes down. use -s, --show[=false] first if you're not 100% sure, because there's no undo button for a powered-off node 😭

and that's a wrap, fr fr — this cutie was Auto generated by spf13/cobra, dated Sep 2026, and you've been reading WWCTL(1). slay, go shut down some nodes responsibly 💅🌟

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