NICE(1) User Commands NICE(1)
NAME
nice(1,2) - run a program with modified scheduling priority
SYNOPSIS
nice(1,2) [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(3,n,1 builtins)
--version
output version(1,3,5) information and exit(3,n,1 builtins)
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(1,2) is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info(1,5,n) and nice(1,2) programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info(1,5,n) coreutils nice(1,2)
should give you access(2,5) to the complete manual.
nice(1,2) 5.2.1 March 2004 NICE(1)