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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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28       NOTE: your shell may have its own version of nice, which usually super‐
29       sedes the version described here.  Please refer to your  shell's  docu‐
30       mentation for details about the options it supports.
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AUTHOR

33       Written by David MacKenzie.
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REPORTING BUGS

36       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
37       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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40       Copyright  ©  2020  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
41       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
42       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
43       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

46       nice(2), renice(1)
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48       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nice>
49       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) nice invocation'
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53GNU coreutils 8.32                April 2020                           NICE(1)
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