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Manual Reference Pages  - NICE (1)

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nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority

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

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).

-n, --adjustment=ADJUST
	increment priority by ADJUST first
--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 coreutils nice

should give you access to the complete manual.

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