nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION Exit status: AUTHOR REPORTING BUGS COPYRIGHT SEE ALSO

NAME

nice − run a program with modified scheduling priority

SYNOPSIS

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

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

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
−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 documentation for details about the options it supports.

Exit status:

	125		if the nice command itself fails
	126		if COMMAND is found but cannot be invoked
	127		if COMMAND cannot be found
	−		the exit status of COMMAND otherwise

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.