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NAME

   nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

   Run COMMAND with an adjusted niceness, which affects process scheduling.  With no COMMAND, print the current niceness.  Nicenesses range from -20
   (most favorable scheduling) to 19 (least favorable).

   -n, --adjustment=N
          add integer N to the niceness (default 10)

   --help display this help and exit

   --version
          output version information and exit

   NOTE: your shell may have its own version of nice, which usually supersedes the version described here.  Please refer to your shell’s  documenta?
   tion for details about the options it supports.

AUTHOR

   Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

   Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This    is    free   software.    You   may   redistribute   copies   of   it   under   the   terms   of   the   GNU   General   Public   License
   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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  com?
   mand

          info nice

   should give you access to the complete manual.

nice 5.97 January 2007 NICE(1)

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