Correct usage of "-t" in shutdown?

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Subject: Correct usage of "-t" in shutdown?
From: Alex Lardner <linuxtux37@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 18:45:58 -0700 (PDT)
Message-id: <[🔎] alpine.DEB.2.00.1105161843320.1418@debian.magnolia.oaks>

Hello,
I am stumped over how to use -t during shutdown. I tried:

shutdown -t 60 System going down in one minute!

and

shutdown -t 60 now System going down in one minute!

but neither worked as expected. Help me, please!
Thanks,
Alex

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