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1.TH NICE 1
2.SH NAME
3nice \- invoke command with higher or lower scheduling priority
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5\fBnice\fP [\fB\-n\fP increment] \fIutility\fP [\fIargument\fP...]
6.SH DESCRIPTION
7The
8.B nice
9utility runs \fIutility\fP at a different scheduling priority than
10the default. The nicer the process is to others (the higher the
11increment), the less favourable the scheduling is. Super-users
12can give a negative increment, meaning scheduling is more favourable
13than the default.
14.SH OPTIONS
15.TP
16.B \-n \fIincrement
17the increment value sets how nice the invoked command will be. 0 is
18the same priority as regular processes. 10 is the default.
19The range is -20 to 20.
20.SH SEE ALSO
21getpriority(2), setpriority(2)
22.SH AUTHOR
23This
24.B nice
25utility was imported from FreeBSD. This manual page was written
26Ben Gras <beng@few.vu.nl>.
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