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2 .TH NICE "1" "January 2016" "GNU coreutils 8.25" "User Commands"
4 nice \- run a program with modified scheduling priority
7 [\fI\,OPTION\/\fR] [\fI\,COMMAND \/\fR[\fI\,ARG\/\fR]...]
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11 Run COMMAND with an adjusted niceness, which affects process scheduling.
12 With no COMMAND, print the current niceness. Niceness values range from
13 \fB\-20\fR (most favorable to the process) to 19 (least favorable to the process).
15 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
17 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-adjustment\fR=\fI\,N\/\fR
18 add integer N to the niceness (default 10)
21 display this help and exit
24 output version information and exit
26 NOTE: your shell may have its own version of nice, which usually supersedes
27 the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
28 for details about the options it supports.
30 Written by David MacKenzie.
32 GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
34 Report nice translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
36 Copyright \(co 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
37 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
39 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
40 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
45 Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nice>
47 or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) nice invocation\(aq