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NICE(1) General Commands Manual NICE(1) NAME nice -- execute a command at a low scheduling priority SYNOPSIS nice [-number] command [arguments] DESCRIPTION Nice runs command at a low priority. (Think of low and slow). If -number is not given, nice assumes the value 10. The priority is a value in the range -20 to 20. The default priority is 0, priority 20 is the lowest possible. Nice will execute command at priority number relative to the priority of nice. Higher priorities than the current process priority can only requested by the super-user. Negative num- bers are expressed as --number. The returned exit status is the exit value from the command executed by nice. Some shells may provide a builtin nice command which is similar or identical to this utility. Consult the builtin(1) manual page. EXAMPLES $ nice -5 date Execute command `date' at priority 5 assuming the priority of the shell is 0. # nice -16 nice --35 date Execute command `date' at priority -19 assuming the priority of the shell is 0 and you are the super-user. SEE ALSO builtin(1), csh(1), idprio(1), rtprio(1), getpriority(2), setpriority(2), renice(8) HISTORY A nice command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. FreeBSD 4.6.2 June 6, 1993 NICE(1)
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