commands.sh

nice

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Execute a program with a custom scheduling priority (niceness). Niceness values range from -20 (the highest priority) to 19 (the lowest). Note: Some modern schedulers ignore niceness or limit its effects inside autogroups.

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Options (1)

-n, --adjustmentboolean

Define the priority with an explicit option

Example: nice {{[-n|--adjustment]}} {{niceness_value}} {{command}}

Examples (5)

Print the current niceness value

nice

Increment the current niceness value by 10

nice nice

Launch a program with lowered priority

nice -niceness_value command

Launch a program with heightened priority

sudo nice --niceness_value command

Define the priority with an explicit option

nice [-n|--adjustment] niceness_value command
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