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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.   Nicenesses  range
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16       -n, --adjustment=N
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19       --help display this help and exit
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21       --version
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24       NOTE: your shell may have its own version of nice, which usually super‐
25       sedes the version described here.  Please refer to your  shell's  docu‐
26       mentation for details about the options it supports.
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AUTHOR

29       Written by David MacKenzie.
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REPORTING BUGS

32       Report nice bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
33       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
34       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
35       Report nice translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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38       Copyright  ©  2010  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
39       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
40       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
41       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

44       nice(2)
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46       The  full documentation for nice is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
47       the info and nice programs are properly installed  at  your  site,  the
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