NICE
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NAME
nice
- execute a Bourne shell 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 specified, and if it is greater than or equal
to 10 (the default),
nice
will execute
command
at that priority.
The upper bound, or lowest priority that
nice
will run a command is 20.
The lower bounds or
higher priorities (integers less than 10)
can only be requested by the super-user.
Negative numbers are expressed as
-- number
The returned exit status is the exit value from the
command executed by
nice
SEE ALSO
csh(1),
renice(8)
HISTORY
A
nice
command appeared in
AT&T System
v6 .
BUGS
Nice
is particular to
sh(1).
If you use
csh(1),
then commands executed with ``&'' are automatically immune to hangup
signals while in the background.
Nice
is built into
csh(1)
with a slightly different syntax than described here. The form
`nice'
+10
nices to positive nice, and
`nice'
-10
can be used
by the super-user to give a process more of the processor.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- SEE ALSO
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- HISTORY
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- BUGS
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