-.TH NICE 1 ""
-.UC 4
-.SH NAME
-nice, nohup \- run a command at low priority (\fIsh\fR only)
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B nice
-[
-.BI \- number
-]
-command [ arguments ]
-.PP
-.B nohup
-command [ arguments ]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.I Nice
-executes
-.I command
-with low scheduling priority.
-If the
-.I number
-argument is present, the priority is incremented (higher
-numbers mean lower priorities) by that amount up to a limit of 20.
-The default
-.I number
-is 10.
-.PP
-The super-user may run commands with
-priority higher than normal
-by using a negative priority,
-e.g. `\-\-10'.
-.PP
-.I Nohup
-executes
-.I command
-immune to hangup and terminate signals from the controlling terminal.
-The priority is incremented by 5.
-.I Nohup
-should be invoked from the shell with `&' in order to
-prevent it from responding to interrupts by or
-stealing the input from
-the next person who logs in on the same terminal.
-The syntax of nice is also different.
-.SH FILES
-nohup.out standard output and standard error file under
-.I nohup
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-csh(1), setpriority(2), renice(8)
-.SH DIAGNOSTICS
-.I Nice
-returns the exit status of the subject command.
-.SH BUGS
-.I Nice
-and
-.I nohup
-are particular to
-.IR sh (1).
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+.\" @(#)nice.1 6.7 (Berkeley) 7/24/91
+.\"
+.Dd July 24, 1991
+.Dt NICE 1
+.Os BSD 4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm nice
+.Nd execute a Bourne shell command at a low scheduling priority
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm nice
+.Op Fl Ns Ar number
+.Ar command
+.Op Ar arguments
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Nice
+runs
+.Ar command
+at a low priority.
+(Think of low and slow).
+If
+.Fl Ns Ar number
+is specified, and if it is greater than or equal
+to 10 (the default),
+.Nm nice
+will execute
+.Ar command
+at that priority.
+The upper bound, or lowest priority that
+.Nm nice
+will run a command is 20.
+The lower bounds or
+higher priorities (integers less than 10)
+can only be requested by the super-user.
+Negative numbers are expressed as
+.Fl - Ns Ar number .
+.Pp
+The returned exit status is the exit value from the
+command executed by
+.Nm nice .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr csh 1 ,
+.Xr renice 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm nice
+command appeared in
+.At v6 .
+.Sh BUGS
+.Nm Nice
+is particular to
+.Xr sh 1 .
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