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NICE

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
REPORTING BUGS
SEE ALSO
COPYRIGHT

NAME

nice ? run a program with modified scheduling priority

SYNOPSIS

nice [OPTION]... [COMMAND [ARG]...]

DESCRIPTION

Run COMMAND with an adjusted scheduling priority. With no COMMAND, print the current scheduling priority. ADJUST is 10 by default. Range goes from ?20 (highest priority) to 19 (lowest).

?ADJUST

increment priority by ADJUST first

?n, ??adjustment=ADJUST

same as ?ADJUST

??help

display this help and exit

??version

output version information and exit

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for nice is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and nice programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info nice

should give you access to the complete manual.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


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