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nice - nice

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Arguments:  OPTIONS 

NAME

nice − nice

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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).

Arguments:

[COMMAND]...

OPTIONS

−n, −−adjustment <adjustment>

add N to the niceness (default is 10)

−h, −−help

Print help

−V, −−version

Print version


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