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2 .TH NICE "1" "March 2012" "GNU coreutils 8.16" "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 nice bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
32 GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
34 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
36 Report nice translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
38 Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
39 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
41 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
42 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
46 The full documentation for
48 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
52 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
54 .B info coreutils \(aqnice invocation\(aq
56 should give you access to the complete manual.