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NAME

6       nice - run a program with modified scheduling priority
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SYNOPSIS

9       nice [OPTION] [COMMAND [ARG]...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Run  COMMAND  with an adjusted niceness, which affects process schedul‐
13       ing.  With no COMMAND, print the  current  niceness.   Niceness  values
14       range  from  -20 (most favorable to the process) to 19 (least favorable
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17       Mandatory arguments to long options are  mandatory  for  short  options
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20       -n, --adjustment=N
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23       --help display this help and exit
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25       --version
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28       NOTE: your shell may have its own version of nice, which usually super‐
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30       mentation for details about the options it supports.
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32       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
33       Report nice translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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AUTHOR

36       Written by David MacKenzie.
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39       Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
40       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
41       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
42       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

45       nice(2), renice(1)
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47       The full documentation for nice is maintained as a Texinfo manual.   If
48       the  info  and  nice  programs are properly installed at your site, the
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57GNU coreutils 8.22               October 2018                          NICE(1)
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