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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‐
29       sedes the version described here.  Please refer to your  shell's  docu‐
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32   Exit status:
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AUTHOR

42       Written by David MacKenzie.
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REPORTING BUGS

45       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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49       Copyright  ©  2023  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
50       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
51       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
52       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

55       nice(2), renice(1)
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57       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/nice>
58       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) nice invocation'
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62GNU coreutils 9.3               September 2023                         NICE(1)
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