Name
nice
Synopsis
nice [option
] [command
[arguments
]]
Executes a command
(with its arguments
) with lower priority (i.e., be “nice” to other users). With no arguments, nice prints the default 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 20 (lowest priority).
Option
-
-n
adjustment
, -adjustment, --adjustment=adjustment
Run
command
with niceness incremented byadjustment
(1 to 20); default is 10. A privileged user can raise priority by specifying a negativeadjustment
(e.g., -5).
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