User Commands						  NICE(1)



NAME
     nice - run	a program with modified	scheduling priority

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

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

     -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.

AUTHOR
     Written by	David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report nice bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU	     coreutils		   home		    page:
     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General	    help	using	     GNU	software:
     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.	  License
     GPLv3+:	  GNU	   GPL	   version     3     or	    later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you	are free to change and	redistri-
     bute  it.	 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

SEE ALSO
     nice(2)

     The full documentation for	nice is	maintained as  a  Texinfo
     manual.	If  the	 info  and  nice  programs  are	 properly
     installed at your site, the command

	  info coreutils nice invocation



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