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Name

nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority

Synopsis

nice [OPTION] [COMMAND [ARG]...]

Description

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

Author

Written by David MacKenzie.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

Copyright

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.

See Also

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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