nice: Linux Commands HowTo
nice: Set the priority of a command or job
Run a command with modified scheduling priority, print or modify
the scheduling priority of a job.
SYNTAX
nice [Option]... [Command [Arg]...]
OPTION
-n MyADJUSTMENT
-MyADJUSTMENT
--adjustment=MyADJUSTMENT
Priority can be adjusted by `nice? over the range
of -20 (the highest priority)
to 19 (the lowest)
If no arguments are given, `nice? prints the current scheduling
priority, which it inherited.
Otherwise, `nice? runs the given Command with its scheduling
priority adjusted.
If no option for MyADJUSTMENT is given, the priority of the command is
incremented by 10. You must have appropriate privileges to specify a negative
adjustment.
Because most shells have a built-in command by the same name, using the unadorned
command name in a script or interactively may get you different functionality
than that described here.
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