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nice(1)
run a program with modified scheduling priority
Package: coreutil, added for amigaux.
This package comes with the extra set; without it, nice is the original one: see nice-original(1).
Also by this name: nice(2), System calls · nice(3B), BSD C library
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).
- -n, --adjustment=ADJUST
- increment priority by ADJUST first
- --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 coreutils nice
should give you access to the complete manual.
| March 2004 | nice 5.2.1 |