[Unit] Description=MPD to system shutdown [Service] ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "sleep 1 && /usr/bin/inotifywait -e open /media/media/Music/0others/shutdown.mp3 && mpc del 0 && shutdown -h now" [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target # Courtesy of: http://hannes.enjoys.it/blog/2014/07/shutting-down-the-operating-system-by-playing-a-kill-song-in-mpd/ # When MPD tries to play file, Linux will shut down. # Copy to /etc/systemd/system/mpdtosystemshutdown.service