Name
nice
Synopsis
nice [option
] [command
[arguments
]]
Execute a command (with its arguments) with lower priority (i.e., be “nice” to other users). With no command, nice prints the current scheduling priority (niceness). If nice is a child process, it prints the parent process’s scheduling priority. Niceness has a range of −20 (highest priority) to 19 (lowest priority).
Options
- --help
Print a help message and then exit.
- -n adjustment, -adjustment, --adjustment=adjustment
Run command with niceness incremented by adjustment (1–19); default is 10. A privileged user can raise the priority by specifying a negative adjustment (e.g., −5).
- --version
Print version information and then exit.
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