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nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority
nice
[OPTION] [COMMAND [ARG]...]
Run COMMAND with an adjusted nice
value, which affects the scheduling priority. With no COMMAND, print the
current nice value. Nice values range from -20 (most favorable scheduling)
to 19 (least favorable).
- -n, --adjustment=N
- add integer N to the nice value
(default 10)
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information
and exit
Written by David MacKenzie.
Report bugs to
<bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation,
Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
The full documentation for nice is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and nice programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
- info nice
should give you access to the complete manual.
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