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2 .TH NICE "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
4 nice \- run a program with modified scheduling priority
7 [\fIOPTION\fR] [\fICOMMAND \fR[\fIARG\fR]...]
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11 Run COMMAND with an adjusted niceness, which affects process scheduling.
12 With no COMMAND, print the current niceness. Nicenesses range from
13 \fB\-20\fR (most favorable scheduling) to 19 (least favorable).
15 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-adjustment\fR=\fIN\fR
16 add integer N to the niceness (default 10)
19 display this help and exit
22 output version information and exit
24 NOTE: your shell may have its own version of nice, which usually supersedes
25 the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
26 for details about the options it supports.
28 Written by David MacKenzie.
30 Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
32 Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
34 This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
35 the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
36 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
40 The full documentation for
42 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
46 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
50 should give you access to the complete manual.