nice

 

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 NICE(1)                        FSF                        NICE(1)
 
 
 
NAME
        nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority
 
SYNOPSIS
        nice [OPTION] [COMMAND [ARG]...]
 
DESCRIPTION
        Run COMMAND with an adjusted scheduling priority.  With no
        COMMAND, print the current scheduling priority.  ADJUST is
        10  by default.  Range goes from -20 (highest priority) to
        19 (lowest).
 
        -ADJUST
               increment priority by ADJUST first
 
        -n, --adjustment=ADJUST
               same as -ADJUST
 
        --help display this help and exit
 
        --version
               output version information and exit
 
AUTHOR
        Written by David MacKenzie.
 
 REPORTING BUGS
        Report bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>.
 
 COPYRIGHT
        Copyright © 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
        This is free software; see the source for  copying  condi­
        tions.  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.
 
 
 
 GNU sh-utils 2.0.11         July 2001                     NICE(1)

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