nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority
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\bSY
\bYN
\bNO
\bOP
\bPS
\bSI
\bIS
\bS
n
\bni
\bic
\bce
\be [-n adjustment] [-adjustment] [--adjust-
ment=adjustment] [command [arg...]]
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\bDE
\bES
\bSC
\bCR
\bRI
\bIP
\bPT
\bTI
\bIO
\bON
\bN
This manual page documents the GNU version of n
\bni
\bic
\bce
\be. If no
arguments are given, n
\bni
\bic
\bce
\be prints the current sheduling
priority, which it inherited. Otherwise, n
\bni
\bic
\bce
\be runs the
given _
\bc_
\bo_
\bm_
\bm_
\ba_
\bn_
\bd with its scheduling priority adjusted. If
no _
\ba_
\bd_
\bj_
\bu_
\bs_
\bt_
\bm_
\be_
\bn_
\bt is given, the priority of the command is
incremented by 10. The superuser can specify a negative
adjustment. The priority can be adjusted by n
\bni
\bic
\bce
\be over the
range of -20 (the highest priority) to 19 (the lowest).
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\bOP
\bPT
\bTI
\bIO
\bON
\bNS
\bS
-_
\bn _
\ba_
\bd_
\bj_
\bu_
\bs_
\bt_
\bm_
\be_
\bn_
\bt, -_
\ba_
\bd_
\bj_
\bu_
\bs_
\bt_
\bm_
\be_
\bn_
\bt, --_
\ba_
\bd_
\bj_
\bu_
\bs_
\bt_
\bm_
\be_
\bn_
\bt=_
\ba_
\bd_
\bj_
\bu_
\bs_
\bt_
\bm_
\be_
\bn_
\bt
Add _
\ba_
\bd_
\bj_
\bu_
\bs_
\bt_
\bm_
\be_
\bn_
\bt instead of 10 to the command's pri-
The long-named options can be introduced with `+' as well
as `--', for compatibility with previous releases. Even-
tually support for `+' will be removed, because it is
incompatible with the POSIX.2 standard.
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